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RAGBRAI 2025 Day 3: Route, things to do Tuesday from Estherville to Forest City

RAGBRAI 2025 Day 3: Route, things to do Tuesday from Estherville to Forest City
RIGHT NOW. THANKS FOR JOINING US THIS NOON. OUR NEW AT NOON RAGBRAI IS MAKING HISTORY THIS YEAR. THE RIDES FULL ROUTE WAS RELEASED THIS MORNING AND FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, RIDERS WILL CROSS THE STATE LINE INTO MINNESOTA. RIDERS WILL START IN ORANGE CITY THIS YEAR AND ON DAY TWO THEY’LL CROSS INTO MINNESOTA FOR 15 MILES, PASSING THROUGH BROWN PARK. THE LONGEST RIDE OF THE ROUTE WILL BE ON DAY THREE BETWEEN ESTHERVILLE AND FOREST CITY. THAT’S JUST ABOUT 74 MILES. CEDAR FALLS TO OLD LINE WILL BE THE SHORTEST RIDE AT 38. FOR MORE DETAILS ON T
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Updated: 11:51 AM CDT Jul 21, 2025
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RAGBRAI 2025 Day 3: Route, things to do Tuesday from Estherville to Forest City
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Updated: 11:51 AM CDT Jul 21, 2025
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The 2025 edition of RAGBRAI marks the 52nd anniversary of the first ride in 1973. This year's ride will go 406 miles, starting in Orange City on Sunday, July 20, and ending in Guttenberg on Saturday, July 26.Video above: RAGBRAI announces it will cross into Minnesota for first time ever in 2025Here's what riders can look forward to during Tuesday's ride. Day 3: Tuesday, July 22 — Estherville to Forest CityMileage: 73.9 milesElevation: 1,338 feetGravel option: 4.5 milesPass-through towns: Bancroft (meeting town), Armstrong, Swea City, Titonka, Woden, Crystal LakeConcert: Decades in Forest City (8-10 p.m.)Theme: Vintage RAGBRAI Jersey Day, Karras Century Loop: Show your RAGBRAI history. Wear your favorite vintage RAGBRAI jersey and ride the extra loop making the day's route 100 miles.History: This will be the fifth time Forest City has served as an overnight host. The city previously hosted in 1982, 1987, 2002 and 2014.Weather: Check out vlog's daily forecast here.Don't miss:John Karras Century Loop: This optional route extends the day’s route to 100 miles. Riders who complete it will get a commemorative patch.Oversized bench: For a place to cool off, take a seat on Forest City’s oversized bench, located in Clark Park just east of the courthouse.The Forest Theater: All day on July 22, this small-town movie theater will be showing Forrest Gump in honor of the town’s theme. Proceeds will go toward the theater’s revitalization.More RAGBRAI coveragevlog archives: Former ride director credited with saving RAGBRAIRAGBRAI riders visited the 'Field of Dreams' movie location in 1989vlog archive: Story City played host to RAGBRAI in 1989

The 2025 edition of RAGBRAI marks the 52nd anniversary of the first ride in 1973. This year's ride will go 406 miles, starting in Orange City on Sunday, July 20, and ending in Guttenberg on Saturday, July 26.

Video above: RAGBRAI announces it will cross into Minnesota for first time ever in 2025

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Here's what riders can look forward to during Tuesday's ride.

Day 3: Tuesday, July 22 — Estherville to Forest City

Mileage: 73.9 miles

Elevation: 1,338 feet

Gravel option: 4.5 miles

Pass-through towns: (meeting town),

Concert: (8-10 p.m.)

Theme: Vintage RAGBRAI Jersey Day, Karras Century Loop: Show your RAGBRAI history. Wear your favorite vintage RAGBRAI jersey and ride the extra loop making the day's route 100 miles.

History: This will be the fifth time Forest City has served as an overnight host. The city previously hosted in 1982, 1987, 2002 and 2014.

    Weather: Check out vlog's daily forecast here.

    Don't miss:

    • This optional route extends the day’s route to 100 miles. Riders who complete it will get a commemorative patch.
    • Oversized bench: For a place to cool off, take a seat on Forest City’s oversized bench, located in Clark Park just east of the courthouse.
    • All day on July 22, this small-town movie theater will be showing Forrest Gump in honor of the town’s theme. Proceeds will go toward the theater’s revitalization.

    More RAGBRAI coverage

    vlog archives: Former ride director credited with saving RAGBRAI

    RAGBRAI riders visited the 'Field of Dreams' movie location in 1989

    vlog archive: Story City played host to RAGBRAI in 1989

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