List of RAGBRAI overnight stops

Eight "host communities" are selected each year by the RAGBRAI (Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa) organizers, except that there were only seven in 1973, the first year. Two of the communities are the beginning and end points, while the other six serve as overnight stops for the bicyclists. From 1973 to 2012, the distance between consecutive host communities averaged about 68 miles. The average length has been 471 miles.

At the beginning of the ride, riders traditionally dip the rear wheel of their bikes in either the Missouri River or the Big Sioux River (depending on the starting point of the ride), and at the end, the riders dip the front wheels in the Mississippi River. 13 communities have served as the starting point, 12 have hosted the finish, and 104 other communities have been overnight hosts.

By year

Year Length (miles) Route (start to finish)
1973 412 Sioux City Storm Lake Fort Dodge Ames Des Moines Williamsburg Davenport  
1974 422 Council Bluffs Atlantic Guthrie Center Camp Dodge Marshalltown Waterloo Monticello Dubuque
1975 450 Hawarden Cherokee Lake View Boone Newton Sigourney Mount Pleasant Fort Madison
1976 430 Sidney Red Oak Harlan Jefferson Nevada Grinnell Iowa City Muscatine
1977 400 Onawa Ida Grove Laurens Algona Clear Lake New Hampton Decorah Lansing
1978 440 Sioux City Storm Lake Humboldt Iowa Falls Vinton Mount Vernon Maquoketa Clinton
1979 480 Rock Rapids Spencer Rockwell City Story City Tama-Toledo Fairfield Wapello Burlington
1980 468 Glenwood Atlantic Carroll Perry Webster City Waverly Elkader Guttenberg
1981 490 Missouri Valley Mapleton Lake City Greenfield Leon Centerville Keosauqua Keokuk
1982 523 Akron Cherokee Estherville Forest City Charles City Independence Tipton Davenport
1983 492 Onawa Harlan Guthrie Center Ames Clarion Grundy Center Manchester Dubuque
1984 474 Glenwood Shenandoah Creston Adel Pella Ottumwa Mount Pleasant Burlington
1985 540 Hawarden Sibley Emmetsburg Humboldt Mason City Waterloo Monticello Clinton
1986 479 Council Bluffs Red Oak Audubon Perry Eldora Belle Plaine Washington Muscatine
1987 437 Onawa Denison Storm Lake Fort Dodge Forest City Osage West Union Guttenberg
1988 433 Sioux City Ida Grove Carroll Boone Des Moines Oskaloosa Fairfield Fort Madison
1989 479 Glenwood Clarinda Atlantic Jefferson Story City Cedar Falls Dyersville Bellevue
1990 495 Sioux Center Spencer Algona Hampton Oelwein Cedar Rapids Washington Burlington
1991 432 Missouri Valley Atlantic Winterset Knoxville Grinnell Amana Anamosa Bellevue
1992 494 Glenwood Shenandoah Bedford Osceola Des Moines Oskaloosa Mount Pleasant Keokuk
1993 525 Sioux City Sheldon Emmetsburg Clarion Osage Decorah Manchester Dubuque
1994 511 Council Bluffs Harlan Carroll Perry Marshalltown Marion Maquoketa Clinton
1995 493 Onawa Lake View Fort Dodge Iowa Falls Tama-Toledo Sigourney Coralville Muscatine
1996 437 Sioux Center Sibley Estherville Lake Mills Charles City Cresco Fayette Guttenberg
1997 464 Missouri Valley Red Oak Creston Des Moines Chariton Bloomfield Fairfield Fort Madison
1998 488 Hawarden Cherokee Rockwell City Boone Eldora Cedar Falls Monticello Sabula
1999 487 Rock Rapids Spencer Algona Clear Lake Waverly Decorah Manchester Bellevue
2000 450 Council Bluffs Harlan Greenfield Ankeny Knoxville Ottumwa Washington Burlington
2001 506 Sioux City Storm Lake Denison Atlantic Perry Grinnell Coralville Muscatine
2002 525 Sioux Center Cherokee Emmetsburg Forest City Charles City Oelwein Anamosa Bellevue
2003 495 Glenwood Shenandoah Bedford Osceola Oskaloosa Bloomfield Mount Pleasant Fort Madison
2004 490 Onawa Lake View Fort Dodge Iowa Falls Marshalltown Hiawatha Maquoketa Clinton
2005 485 Le Mars Sheldon Estherville Algona Northwood Cresco West Union Guttenberg
2006 444 Sergeant Bluff Ida Grove Audubon Waukee Newton Marengo Coralville Muscatine
2007 479 Rock Rapids Spencer Humboldt Hampton Cedar Falls Independence Dyersville Bellevue
2008 471 Missouri Valley Harlan Jefferson Ames Tama-Toledo North Liberty Tipton LeClaire
2009 442 Council Bluffs Red Oak Greenfield Indianola Chariton Ottumwa Mount Pleasant Burlington
2010 450 Sioux City Storm Lake Algona Clear Lake Charles City Waterloo Manchester Dubuque
2011 454 Glenwood Atlantic Carroll Boone Altoona Grinnell Coralville Davenport
2012 471 Sioux Center Cherokee Lake View Webster City Marshalltown Cedar Rapids Anamosa Clinton
2013 406.6 Council Bluffs Harlan Perry Des Moines Knoxville Oskaloosa Fairfield Fort Madison
2014 418 Rock Valley Okobojiǂ Emmetsburg Forest City Mason City Waverly Independence Guttenberg
2015 462.2 Sioux City Storm Lake Fort Dodge Eldora Cedar Falls Hiawatha Coralville Davenport
2016 417.4 Glenwood Shenandoah Creston Leon Centerville Ottumwa Washington Muscatine

^ ǂ: The 2014 overnight Okoboji stay was hosted combined by five communities: Spirit Lake, Okoboji, Arnolds Park, West Okoboji and Milford

By visitation frequency

7 Times

City First Year Most Recent Year Years
Glenwood 1980 2016 1980*, 1984*, 1989*, 1992*, 2003*, 2011*, 2016*
Sioux City 1973 2015 1973*, 1978*, 1988*, 1993*, 2001*, 2010*, 2015*

^ *: was starting point of the ride

6 Times

City First Year Most Recent Year Years
Atlantic 1974 2011 1974, 1980, 1989, 1991, 2001, 2011
Council Bluffs 1974 2013 1974*, 1986*, 1994*, 2000*, 2009*, 2013*
Harlan 1976 2013 1976, 1983, 1994, 2000, 2008, 2013
Muscatine 1976 2016 1976**, 1986**, 1995**, 2001**, 2006**, 2016**
Storm Lake 1973 2015 1973, 1978, 1987, 2001, 2010, 2015

^ *: was starting point of the ride
^ **: was finishing point of the ride

5 Times

City First Year Most Recent Year Years
Algona 1977 2010 1977, 1990, 1999, 2005, 2010
Bellevue 1989 2007 1989**, 1991**, 1999**, 2002**, 2007**
Burlington 1979 2009 1979**, 1984**, 1990**, 2000**, 2009**
Cherokee 1975 2012 1975, 1982, 1998, 2002, 2012
Clinton 1978 2012 1978**, 1985**, 1994**, 2004**, 2012**
Coralville 1995 2015 1995, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2015
Des Moines 1973 2013 1973, 1988, 1992, 1997, 2013
Fort Dodge 1973 2015 1973, 1987, 1995, 2004, 2015
Fort Madison 1975 2013 1975**, 1988**, 1997**, 2003**, 2013**
Guttenberg 1980 2014 1980**, 1987**, 1996**, 2005**, 2014**
Mount Pleasant 1975 2009 1975, 1984, 1992, 2003, 2009
Onawa 1977 2004 1977*, 1983*, 1987*, 1995*, 2004*
Perry 1980 2013 1980, 1986, 1994, 2001, 2013

^ *: was starting point of the ride
^ **: was finishing point of the ride

4 Times

City First Year Most Recent Year Years
Boone 1975 2011 1975, 1988, 1998, 2011
Carroll 1980 2011 1980, 1988, 1994, 2011
Cedar Falls 1989 2015 1989, 1998, 2007, 2015
Charles City 1982 2010 1982, 1996, 2002, 2010
Davenport 1973 2015 1973**, 1982**, 2011**, 2015**
Dubuque 1974 2010 1974**, 1983**, 1993**, 2010**
Emmetsburg 1985 2014 1985, 1993, 2002, 2014
Fairfield 1979 2013 1979, 1988, 1997, 2013
Forest City 1982 2014 1982, 1987, 2002, 2014
Grinnell 1976 2011 1976, 1991, 2001, 2011
Lake View 1975 2012 1975, 1995, 2004, 2012
Manchester 1983 2010 1983, 1993, 1999, 2010
Marshalltown 1974 2012 1974, 1994, 2004, 2012
Missouri Valley 1981 2008 1981*, 1991*, 1997*, 2008*
Oskaloosa 1988 2013 1988, 1992, 2003, 2013
Ottumwa 1984 2016 1984, 2000, 2009, 2016
Red Oak 1976 2009 1976, 1986, 1997, 2009
Shenandoah 1984 2016 1984, 1992, 2003, 2016
Sioux Center 1990 2012 1990*, 1996*, 2002*, 2012*
Spencer 1979 2007 1979, 1990, 1999, 2007
Washington 1986 2016 1986, 1990, 2000, 2016

^ *: was starting point of the ride
^ **: was finishing point of the ride

3 Times

City First Year Most Recent Year Years
Ames 1973 2008 1973, 1983, 2008
Anamosa 1991 2012 1991, 2002, 2012
Clear Lake 1977 2010 1977, 1999, 2010
Creston 1984 2016 1984, 1997, 2016
Decorah 1977 1999 1977, 1993, 1999
Eldora 1986 2015 1986, 1998, 2015
Estherville 1982 2005 1982, 1996, 2005
Greenfield 1981 2009 1981, 2000, 2009
Hawarden 1975 1998 1975*, 1985*, 1998*
Humboldt 1978 2007 1978, 1985, 2007
Ida Grove 1977 2006 1977, 1988, 2006
Independence 1982 2014 1982, 2007, 2014
Iowa Falls 1978 2004 1978, 1995, 2004
Jefferson 1976 2008 1976, 1989, 2008
Knoxville 1991 2013 1991, 2000, 2013
Maquoketa 1978 2004 1978, 1994, 2004
Monticello 1974 1998 1974, 1985, 1998
Rock Rapids 1979 2007 1979*, 1999*, 2007*
Tama/Toledo 1979 2008 1979, 1995, 2008
Waterloo 1974 2010 1974, 1985, 2010
Waverly 1980 2014 1980, 1999, 2014

^ *: was starting point of the ride

2 Times

City First Year Most Recent Year Years
Audubon 1986 2006 1986, 2006
Bedford 1992 2003 1992, 2003
Bloomfield 1997 2003 1997, 2003
Cedar Rapids 1990 2012 1990, 2012
Centerville 1981 2016 1981, 2016
Chariton 1997 2009 1997, 2009
Clarion 1983 1993 1983, 1993
Cresco 1996 2005 1996, 2005
Denison 1987 2001 1987, 2001
Dyersville 1989 2007 1989, 2007
Guthrie Center 1974 1983 1974, 1983
Hampton 1990 2007 1990, 2007
Hiawatha 2004 2015 2004, 2015
Keokuk 1981 1992 1981**, 1992**
Leon 1981 2016 1981, 2016
Mason City 1985 2014 1985, 2014
Newton 1975 2006 1975, 2006
Oelwein 1990 2002 1990, 2002
Osage 1987 1993 1987, 1993
Osceola 1992 2003 1992, 2003
Rockwell City 1979 1998 1979, 1998
Sheldon 1993 2005 1993, 2005
Sibley 1985 1996 1985, 1996
Sigourney 1975 1995 1975, 1995
Story City 1979 1989 1979, 1989
Tipton 1982 2008 1982, 2008
Webster City 1980 2012 1980, 2012
West Union 1987 2005 1987, 2005

^ **: was finishing point of the ride

1 Time

City Year
Adel 1984
Akron 1982*
Altoona 2011
Amana 1991
Ankeny 2000
Belle Plaine 1986
Camp Dodge 1974
Clarinda 1989
Elkader 1980
Fayette 1996
Grundy Center 1983
Indianola 2009
Iowa City 1976
Keosauqua 1981
Lake City 1981
Lake Mills 1996
Lansing 1977**
Laurens 1977
Le Mars 2005*
LeClaire 2008**
Mapleton 1981
Marengo 2006
Marion 1994
Mount Vernon 1978
Nevada 1976
New Hampton 1977
North Liberty 2008
Northwood 2005
Okobojiǂ 2014
Pella 1984
Rock Valley 2014*
Sabula 1998**
Sergeant Bluff 2006*
Sidney 1976*
Vinton 1978
Wapello 1979
Waukee 2006
Williamsburg 1973
Winterset 1991

^ *: was starting point of the ride
^ **: was finishing point of the ride
^ ǂ: The 2014 overnight Okoboji stay was hosted combined by five communities: Spirit Lake, Okoboji, Arnolds Park, West Okoboji and Milford

By city

City # of Visits First Year Most Recent Year Years
Adel 1 1984 1984 1984
Akron 1 1982 1982 1982*
Algona 5 1977 2010 1977, 1990, 1999, 2005, 2010
Altoona 1 2011 2011 2011
Amana 1 1991 1991 1991
Ames 3 1973 2008 1973, 1983, 2008
Anamosa 3 1991 2012 1991, 2002, 2012
Ankeny 1 2000 2000 2000
Atlantic 6 1974 2011 1974, 1980, 1989, 1991, 2001, 2011
Audubon 2 1986 2006 1986, 2006
Bedford 2 1992 2003 1992, 2003
Belle Plaine 1 1986 1986 1986
Bellevue 5 1989 2007 1989**, 1991**, 1999**, 2002**, 2007**
Bloomfield 2 1997 2003 1997, 2003
Boone 4 1975 2011 1975, 1988, 1998, 2011
Burlington 5 1979 2009 1979**, 1984**, 1990**, 2000**, 2009**
Camp Dodge 1 1974 1974 1974
Carroll 4 1980 2011 1980, 1988, 1994, 2011
Cedar Falls 4 1989 2015 1989, 1998, 2007, 2015
Cedar Rapids 2 1990 2012 1990, 2012
Centerville 2 1981 2016 1981, 2016
Chariton 2 1997 2009 1997, 2009
Charles City 4 1982 2010 1982, 1996, 2002, 2010
Cherokee 5 1975 2012 1975, 1982, 1998, 2002, 2012
Clarinda 1 1989 1989 1989
Clarion 2 1983 1993 1983, 1993
Clear Lake 3 1977 2010 1977, 1999, 2010
Clinton 5 1978 2012 1978**, 1985**, 1994**, 2004**, 2012**
Coralville 5 1995 2015 1995, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2015
Council Bluffs 6 1974 2013 1974*, 1986*, 1994*, 2000*, 2009*, 2013*
Cresco 2 1996 2005 1996, 2005
Creston 3 1984 2016 1984, 1997, 2016
Davenport 4 1973 2015 1973**, 1982**, 2011**, 2015**
Decorah 3 1977 1999 1977, 1993, 1999
Denison 2 1987 2001 1987, 2001
Des Moines 5 1973 2013 1973, 1988, 1992, 1997, 2013
Dubuque 4 1974 2010 1974**, 1983**, 1993**, 2010**
Dyersville 2 1989 2007 1989, 2007
Eldora 3 1986 2015 1986, 1998, 2015
Elkader 1 1980 1980 1980
Emmetsburg 4 1985 2014 1985, 1993, 2002, 2014
Estherville 3 1982 2005 1982, 1996, 2005
Fairfield 4 1979 2013 1979, 1988, 1997, 2013
Fayette 1 1996 1996 1996
Forest City 4 1982 2014 1982, 1987, 2002, 2014
Fort Dodge 5 1973 2015 1973, 1987, 1995, 2004, 2015
Fort Madison 5 1975 2013 1975**, 1988**, 1997**, 2003**, 2013**
Glenwood 7 1980 2016 1980*, 1984*, 1989*, 1992*, 2003*, 2011*, 2016*
Greenfield 3 1981 2009 1981, 2000, 2009
Grinnell 4 1976 2011 1976, 1991, 2001, 2011
Grundy Center 1 1983 1983 1983
Guthrie Center 2 1974 1983 1974, 1983
Guttenberg 5 1980 2014 1980**, 1987**, 1996**, 2005**, 2014**
Hampton 2 1990 2007 1990, 2007
Harlan 6 1976 2013 1976, 1983, 1994, 2000, 2008, 2013
Hawarden 3 1975 1998 1975*, 1985*, 1998*
Hiawatha 2 2004 2015 2004, 2015
Humboldt 3 1978 2007 1978, 1985, 2007
Ida Grove 3 1977 2006 1977, 1988, 2006
Independence 3 1982 2014 1982, 2007, 2014
Indianola 1 2009 2009 2009
Iowa City 1 1976 1976 1976
Iowa Falls 3 1978 2004 1978, 1995, 2004
Jefferson 3 1976 2008 1976, 1989, 2008
Keokuk 2 1981 1992 1981**, 1992**
Keosauqua 1 1981 1981 1981
Knoxville 3 1991 2013 1991, 2000, 2013
Lake City 1 1981 1981 1981
Lake Mills 1 1996 1996 1996
Lake View 4 1975 2012 1975, 1995, 2004, 2012
Lansing 1 1977 1977 1977**
Laurens 1 1977 1977 1977
Le Mars 1 2005 2005 2005*
LeClaire 1 2008 2008 2008**
Leon 2 1981 2016 1981, 2016
Manchester 4 1983 2010 1983, 1993, 1999, 2010
Mapleton 1 1981 1981 1981
Maquoketa 3 1978 2004 1978, 1994, 2004
Marengo 1 2006 2006 2006
Marion 1 1994 1994 1994
Marshalltown 4 1974 2012 1974, 1994, 2004, 2012
Mason City 2 1985 2014 1985, 2014
Missouri Valley 4 1981 2008 1981*, 1991*, 1997*, 2008*
Monticello 3 1974 1998 1974, 1985, 1998
Mount Pleasant 5 1975 2009 1975, 1984, 1992, 2003, 2009
Mount Vernon 1 1978 1978 1978
Muscatine 6 1976 2016 1976**, 1986**, 1995**, 2001**, 2006**, 2016**
Nevada 1 1976 1976 1976
New Hampton 1 1977 1977 1977
Newton 2 1975 2006 1975, 2006
North Liberty 1 2008 2008 2008
Northwood 1 2005 2005 2005
Oelwein 2 1990 2002 1990, 2002
Okobojiǂ 1 2014 2014 2014
Onawa 5 1977 2004 1977*, 1983*, 1987*, 1995*, 2004*
Osage 2 1987 1993 1987, 1993
Osceola 2 1992 2003 1992, 2003
Oskaloosa 4 1988 2013 1988, 1992, 2003, 2013
Ottumwa 4 1984 2016 1984, 2000, 2009, 2016
Pella 1 1984 1984 1984
Perry 5 1980 2013 1980, 1986, 1994, 2001, 2013
Red Oak 4 1976 2009 1976, 1986, 1997, 2009
Rock Rapids 3 1979 2007 1979*, 1999*, 2007*
Rock Valley 1 2014 2014 2014*
Rockwell City 2 1979 1998 1979, 1998
Sabula 1 1998 1998 1998**
Sergeant Bluff 1 2006 2006 2006*
Sheldon 2 1993 2005 1993, 2005
Shenandoah 4 1984 2016 1984, 1992, 2003, 2016
Sibley 2 1985 1996 1985, 1996
Sidney 1 1976 1976 1976*
Sigourney 2 1975 1995 1975, 1995
Sioux Center 4 1990 2012 1990*, 1996*, 2002*, 2012*
Sioux City 7 1973 2015 1973*, 1978*, 1988*, 1993*, 2001*, 2010*, 2015*
Spencer 4 1979 2007 1979, 1990, 1999, 2007
Storm Lake 6 1973 2015 1973, 1978, 1987, 2001, 2010, 2015
Story City 2 1979 1989 1979, 1989
Tama/Toledo 3 1979 2008 1979, 1995, 2008
Tipton 2 1982 2008 1982, 2008
Vinton 1 1978 1978 1978
Wapello 1 1979 1979 1979
Washington 4 1986 2016 1986, 1990, 2000, 2016
Waterloo 3 1974 2010 1974, 1985, 2010
Waukee 1 2006 2006 2006
Waverly 3 1980 2014 1980, 1999, 2014
Webster City 2 1980 2012 1980, 2012
West Union 2 1987 2005 1987, 2005
Williamsburg 1 1973 1973 1973
Winterset 1 1991 1991 1991

^ *: was starting point of the ride
^ **: was finishing point of the ride
^ ǂ: The 2014 overnight Okoboji stay was hosted combined by five communities: Spirit Lake, Okoboji, Arnolds Park, West Okoboji and Milford

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