Join the celebration as Fairfield welcomes RAGBRAI riders and support vehicles to town.

The 2024 ride will begin in Glenwood, which is just south of Council Bluffs, then work its way to Red Oak, Atlantic and Winterset. From the birthplace of John Wayne, the ride will continue to Knoxville, before taking a 60-mile jaunt in Ottumwa on July 25. Riders will proceed to Mount Pleasant on July 26 and the ride will end July 27 in Burlington. This year’s ride will be the shortest on record at 434 miles, but at 18,741 feet of climb the elevation will be the steepest. Fairfield previously hosted RAGBRAI as an overnight town in 1979, 1988, 1997, 2013, and 2019.

Unlike years in the past when Fairfield was an overnight destination for the event, this year Fairfield will host only a portion of the group for the day.  As a meeting town, Fairfield will see mostly support personnel and some riders who will arrive in the morning and stay until about 3 PM before moving on to the next stop.

All planning and activity announcements for the Fairfield meeting stop will take place on the Fairfield RAGBRAI website, www.fairfieldragbrai.com or their Facebook page. Questions can be emailed to ffragbrai@gmail.com.

Sign up to be a local volunteer;  https://www.visitfairfieldiowa.com/ragbrai/for-volunteers