Loup Rivers Scenic Byway

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151.7 km

Length

+1,429 m

Ascent

−1,278 m

Descent

742 m

Highest point

Hairpins

6.7%

Max gradient

3h 22min

Drive time (approx.)

Weather on the road

At the highest point · 742 m

21 °C partlycloudy

wind 7 m/s · clouds 86%

At the start

24 °C cloudy

wind 6 m/s · clouds 98%

	Min	Max	Precipitation	Wind
Thursday 22 Oct	20 °C	21 °C	0.0 mm	7 m/s	partlycloudy
Friday 23 Oct	15 °C	24 °C	0.0 mm	10 m/s	partlycloudy
Saturday 24 Oct	8 °C	21 °C	6.4 mm	9 m/s	rain

Weather data by MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 10/22/26, 9:46 PM

Terrain and when to go

Landscape: Hill and low mountain road
Surface: asphalt 97%, concrete 1%

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Ascent

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Elevation profile

What does Loup Rivers Scenic Byway look like?

North Loup River dam, Burwell, Nebraska from DS 1 · Ammodramus · Public domain

Burwell, Nebraska Carnegie library from W · Ammodramus · Public domain

Photos come from Wikimedia Commons under the licences shown; each opens its source page.

Start

Humphrey

41.69566, -97.46455

Finish

Burwell

41.78197, -99.12569

Stages

Stage 1 74.6 km
Stage 2 77.1 km

Along the road

Parking

6 unnamed places along the road, from 20.5 km to 151.7 km.

Fuel

Lindsay Oil 20.7 km · 513 m

Bosselmans 47.1 km · 536 m

White Star Oil 47.5 km · 541 m

Conoco 151.7 km · 662 m

1 unnamed place along the road, from 20.7 km to 151.7 km.

Restaurants and cafés

Pizza Hut 47.0 km · 535 m