Editing Burlington, Iowa (section)

== Sports ==
[[File:Burlington community field1.JPG|thumb|right|The Burlington Bees play the [[Swing of the Quad Cities]] in this July 2004 game at Burlington Community Field.]]
[[File:SnakeAlley BurlingtonIA.jpg|thumb|right|upright|[[Snake Alley (Burlington, Iowa)|Snake Alley]]]]
Burlington is the home of the [[Burlington Bees]] baseball team, a member of the [[Prospect League]], a [[collegiate summer baseball]] league.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Levins|first=Matt|title=Baseball: Burlington Bees join the Prospect League|url=https://www.thehawkeye.com/story/sports/2021/01/13/baseball-burlington-bees-join-prospect-league/4154812001/|date=January 13, 2021|access-date=January 14, 2021|website=The Hawk Eye}}</ref> They were previously members of [[Minor League Baseball]]'s [[Class A (baseball)|Class A]] [[Midwest League]] until [[Major League Baseball]]'s reorganization of the minor leagues after the 2020 season.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Levins|first=Matt|title=Minor League Baseball: Bees lose Minor League Baseball affiliation, but baseball will be back in Burlington|url=https://www.thehawkeye.com/story/sports/2020/12/09/bees-lose-milb-affiliation-but-baseball-back-burlington/3863094001/|date=December 9, 2020|access-date=December 15, 2020|website=The Hawk Eye}}</ref> The Bees play at [[Community Field]], which underwent extensive renovation in 2005. The [[Burlington Babies]] first began minor league play in the city in 1889.

Burlington hosts the [[Snake Alley (Burlington, Iowa)|Snake Alley]] [[Criterium]], one of the most physically challenging races in the Midwest. The annual event is held on a 15-block course, with differences in elevation from 555 feet to 678 feet. The course is entirely on city streets, mostly in the downtown commercial area. A one-block-long climb is on the historic brick street named Snake Alley. The 276-foot-long Snake Alley has five switchbacks in a 60-foot climb. The average grade is 12.5 percent in that one block.

Burlington has been the finishing point for [[RAGBRAI]] twice. the annual bicycle ride that starts at the [[Missouri River]] in western Iowa and ends in eastern Iowa at the [[Mississippi River]].

Burlington is also the home of the Burlington High School and Notre Dame High School sports teams. Also in the Burlington area are the sports teams of Southeastern Community College, which have had a successful history, including three men's basketball national championships.

Many people living in the area support athletic teams from [[Saint Louis, Missouri]], differing from other parts of Iowa, which support other sports teams.<ref name=JacobsBenRepubIowa/>