Driving Conditions



INTERSTATE 35 out of Minneapolis/Saint Paul: 
Please note that Interstate 35 out of Minneapolis (and away from the airport) is full of construction.
There are many detours and unexpected merging throughout the area of construction. It can be confusing. The construction continues on and off for about 100 miles but is less bad once you are outside of Minneapolis.

Doing more digging it appears that I-35 has two parts: I-35W and I-35E that run north and south kind of parallel to each other. It's the Western one that is getting most of the construction. If possible take I-35E North out of the cities. Updated info from the Dept of Transportation can be found HERE.




FOREST ROAD 412:
Some good advice for when you are just arriving at the Site of the Rainbow Gathering itself:
The final road, Forest Road 412 is a ONE WAY road. When you see cars parked along the road, on the right hand side, pull off, making sure that all four of your wheels are off the roadway. Get your gear and begin to hike to the trail head. If you see a better parking spot, leave a friend there to hold it for you, and go back and bring your vehicle forward.

If you start driving the road hoping for an open spot, and there is NOT one, you will need to do a full 30 minute drive around the loop to come back down the one-way road again.

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