Top 14 road trips from Minneapolis

Minneapolis to Duluth
starting from Minneapolis
45 minutes → North Branch
35 minutes → Hinckley
35 minutes → Moose Lake
36 minutes → Jay Cooke State Park
27 minutes → Duluth



3 hours of driving
Minneapolis to Wisconsin Dells
starting from Minneapolis
56 minutes → New Richmond
56 minutes → Menomonie
1 hour → Whitehall
39 minutes → Black River Falls
35 minutes → Oakdale
42 minutes → Wisconsin Dells


5 hours of driving
Minneapolis to Wisconsin
starting from Minneapolis
56 minutes → New Richmond
56 minutes → Menomonie
1 hour → Whitehall
39 minutes → Black River Falls
1 hour → The Wisconsin River
23 minutes → Wisconsin


5 hours of driving
Minneapolis to Sioux Falls
starting from Minneapolis
46 minutes → Minnesota Valley State Recreation Area
41 minutes → Saint Peter
45 minutes → Madelia
48 minutes → Jeffers Petroglyphs Historic Site
60 minutes → Worthington
45 minutes → Blue Mounds State Park
45 minutes → Sioux Falls

5.5 hours of driving
Minneapolis to Des Moines
starting from Minneapolis
1.5 hours → Waseca
42 minutes → Bancroft
41 minutes → Clear Lake
1 hour → Iowa Falls
41 minutes → Webster City
48 minutes → Ames
36 minutes → Des Moines

5.5 hours of driving
Minneapolis to Madison
starting from Minneapolis
43 minutes → River Falls
1 hour → Eau Claire
53 minutes → Whitehall
39 minutes → Black River Falls
35 minutes → Oakdale
42 minutes → Wisconsin Dells
1 hour → Madison

6 hours of driving
Minneapolis to Green Bay
starting from Minneapolis
43 minutes → River Falls
1 hour → Eau Claire
51 minutes → Marieke Gouda
1.5 hours → Wausau
58 minutes → Shawano
47 minutes → Green Bay


6 hours of driving
Minneapolis to Milwaukee
starting from Minneapolis
1.5 hours → Eau Claire
1.5 hours → Tomah
51 minutes → Wisconsin Dells
1 hour → Madison
1.5 hours → Milwaukee



6 hours of driving
Minneapolis to Omaha
starting from Minneapolis
50 minutes → Northfield
1 hour → Bancroft
41 minutes → Clear Lake
1 hour → Iowa Falls
56 minutes → Ames
1.5 hours → Winterset
1 hour → Elk Horn
1 hour → Omaha
8 hours of driving
Minneapolis to South Dakota
starting from Minneapolis
1.5 hours → Saint Peter
1.5 hours → Jeffers Petroglyphs Historic Site
60 minutes → Worthington
1 hour → Sioux Falls
1.5 hours → Corn Palace
1.5 hours → Quality Inn
43 minutes → South Dakota

8 hours of driving
Minneapolis to Chicago
starting from Minneapolis
1.5 hours → Eau Claire
1 hour → Neillsville
1 hour → Oakdale
42 minutes → Wisconsin Dells
1 hour → Madison
1.5 hours → Rockford
1.5 hours → Arlington Heights
39 minutes → Chicago
9 hours of driving
Minneapolis to Illinois
starting from Minneapolis
1.5 hours → Eau Claire
1.5 hours → Sparta
1 hour → Wisconsin Dells
1 hour → Madison
1.5 hours → Loves Park
1.5 hours → Starved Rock State Park
1 hour → Illinois

9 hours of driving
Minneapolis to Grand Rapids
starting from Minneapolis
1.5 hours → Eau Claire
1.5 hours → West Salem
1 hour → Wisconsin Dells
1 hour → Madison
1.5 hours → Blue's Egg
2 hours → Muskegon
45 minutes → Grand Rapids

9.5 hours of driving
Minneapolis to Traverse City
starting from Minneapolis
1.5 hours → Eau Claire
1.5 hours → Wausau
2 hours → The English Inn
2.5 hours → Manistique
1.5 hours → Saint Ignace
2.5 hours → Traverse City


11.5 hours of driving

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