Logo for Jim Keras Subaru Covington Pike, featuring the dealership name and location.
Logo for Visit Mississippi with bold text and the website visitmississippi.org.
A circular logo for Outdoors Inc featuring a sign that reads 'Mighty Level Gravel Ride' with a small mountain icon, set against a background of a wooden mountain with a blue sky and a black outer circle.

September 26, 2026

Black and white graphic promoting Clarkdale, Coahoma County, Mississippi, with the text 'Visit Clarkdale' and a website link. Features an illustration of a road sign with route numbers 61 and 49, crossed by two wooden planks.
Logo of Yazoo-Mississippi Delta Levee District featuring a map outline of Mississippi with the state colors and a black circle border with district name.

in partnership with the
Yazoo-Mississippi Delta Levee Board

The Mighty Levee Gravel Ride is a once a year chance to cycle the champagne gravel of the Mississippi levee on a fun ride
for cyclists of all levels.

Route includes miles of levee riding and a Sag Station at the half-loop distance in historic Friars Point, MS,
featuring water, fruit, live blues music, and an irresistible photo op at the Robert Nighthawk Blues Trail Marker.

Come for the Gravel Event, stay for the music! Mighty Roots will be rocking Friday night and all Saturday. Party, camp, ride!

GRINDER DIVISONS:
Gravel Bikes, Cross Bikes or Mountain Bikes welcome
8:30am 4 laps (~52 miles)
8:35am 3 laps (~39 miles)
8:40am 2 laps (~26 miles)

THE FUN RIDE:
Gravel Bikes, Cross Bikes, Mountain Bikes,
Junkers and Cruisers welcome
10:00am 1 lap (~13 miles, 90-minutes)

On-site cold water shower provided for
post-race, pre-fest rinse!

All-ages, All-abilities bike ride on top of the Mississippi River Levee, America’s “Great Wall”

Helmets are required.

The 13-mile loop track starts and ends at the Mighty Roots Music Festival site in Stovall, MS.

Riders pass the Robert Nighthawk Blues Trail marker and two historic markers
in Friars Point, the original county seat of Coahoma County, MS

Riders will encounter some unique levee features including
cattle gaps, actual cows, and the stuff cows inevitably leave behind.

Riders will likely see wildlife including deer, turkeys, eagles, egrets, and other levee denizens,

Registration is $50 for the Grinder categories, which includes a 20% discount on a fest ticket.

Registration is $25 for the Fun Ride.

All Registrations include a cool t-shirt.

Group of cyclists and supporters posing with their bicycles outside a building at the Mighty Roots Music Festival, Stovall, Mississippi, 2023.
Three cyclists posing with their bikes outdoors near a lake with trees in the background. They are wearing cycling gear and helmets, standing behind a sign that reads 'Mighty Levee Gravel Ride.' The sky is partly cloudy.
Three men riding mountain bikes on a gravel trail, wearing helmets and athletic clothing, with a wooded background.