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19TH ANNUAL RIDE FOR THE TROOPS

BACK TO THE LONG RIDE IN 2025

Saturday - May 31st

Noon - 5:00 pm -
Car & Bike Show

5:00 - 7:00 pm
Awards and dinner

7:00 pm LIVE concert
with Rick Adams

Sunday - June 1st
9:00 am - Noon
Pancake Breakfast

NOON - 19th Annual Ride for the Troops

1st stop -12:50 The Knutson Store

2nd stop -2:45 Rock Creek General Store

4:00 pm - Ride returns to the Eagles Club
With Ride Raffle & Meal

Ride for the Troops driving directions “The Long Ride” = 129.7 Miles

Turn left – South onto MN-197 S/Washington Ave S                         1.1 Miles

Continue South onto US-71 S                                              1.4 Miles 

Turn right - West onto Beltrami CSAH 2/ N Plantagenet Rd SW              4.0 Miles

Turn right - West onto Beltrami CSAH 48/ Beltrami Line Rd SW             3.1 Miles

Turn left - South onto Hubbard CSAH 3/ 169th Ave/Great River Road        1.0 Miles

Turn right - West onto Hubbard CSAH 3/ 510th St                          6.0 Miles

Turn right - West onto Hubbard CSAH 9/ Great River Rd                    5.2 Miles

Continue west on Clearwater CSAH 40/ 230th St/ Great River Rd            2.1 Miles

12:50 – 1:35 Stop at Knutson Store – Zerkel, MN 45 MINUTES

Continue West on MN 200W                                            11.2 Miles

Turn left - South onto Mahnomen CSAH 4                               9.1 Miles

Turn left - East onto MN113 E                                        3.8 Miles

Turn left - North onto Long Lost Lake Rd                             7.1 Miles

Continue North on Clearwater CSAH 3                                  3.8 Miles

Turn right - East onto MN 200 E                                      8.9 Miles

2:45 – 3:05 Stop at Rock Creek General Store 20 MINUTES

Turn left - North onto Clearwater CSAH 2 / Great River Rd            20.0 Miles

Turn right – East onto US-2 E                                        21.3 Miles

Turn left – North onto US-71 N                                        1.1 Miles

4:00 – Bemidji Eagles Club

“All proceeds go to North Central Minnesota area service members, veterans and their families.”

Ride for the Troops is now a 501(c)3 corporation
The Ride for the Troops will be unable to continue without planning volunteers. If you are interested in joining the Ride for the Troops planning committee or helping out the day of the event, please contact Treasurer Val Ahrens at ridefortroopsbemidji@gmail.com for more information.

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Our Sponsors make this event possible every year with their generous donations. Go to our Sponsors page and support their businesses. Interested in being a sponsor? Email us at ridefortroopsbemidji@gmail.com

JOIN US FOR THE 19TH ANNUAL RIDE FOR THE TROOPS BACK TO THE LONG RIDE IN 2025

“All proceeds go to North Central Minnesota area service members, veterans and their families.”

Visit Our Sponsors

JOIN US FOR THE
19TH ANNUAL RIDE FOR THE TROOPS

BACK TO THE LONG RIDE IN 2025