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Amish Country Run: Cashton–Norwalk–Wilton–Ontario

Amish Country Run: Cashton–Norwalk–Wilton–Ontario is 35.8 miles of loop riding through Monroe and Vernon Counties in Wisconsin — the Coulee Region, the coulees, ridge tops and river bluffs of south-west Wisconsin. Moving time is about 45 minutes; allow 65 with stops — a half morning. It is scored CS-2, Easy: 46 corners, 108° of turning per mile, 1,265 feet of climbing. The roads it uses, in the order you ride them, are in the app.

Curviness
CS-2Easy · 1.29/mi
Distance
35.8 mi45 min riding
Corners
4639% sharp · Mixed
Climbing
1,265 ft35 ft/mi · Rolling
Shape
LoopHalf morning
Roads
Mixed roads33% county & local
Traffic
1,600vehicles a day, median
Speed limit
55 mphtypically 55
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About this road

The Cashton–Norwalk–Wilton–Ontario corridor is one of the stronger Amish settlement areas in the Coulee Region. Horse-drawn vehicles, traditional farms, and roadside stands are common; extra awareness and respect are both courtesy and safety. The landscape is rolling to hilly rather than the deepest coulees, remaining accessible while still scenic. Amish presence around Cashton, Norwalk, Wilton, and Ontario adds a living cultural layer to the already rich Norwegian and conservation history of the region. Slowing down, passing buggies carefully, and supporting roadside businesses when stopping turns transit into encounter. One of the clearest opportunities in the whole set to experience a living traditional community within classic Coulee topography. The modest technical demand relative to the deepest coulee routes makes the cultural landscape the primary focus without sacrificing authentic regional riding quality. Drive slowly through Amish country, look carefully, stop if the stand is open. The culture is the point.

How it rides

46 corners over 35.8 miles — 1.29 a mile, and 108° of turning for every mile ridden. That scores CS-2, Easy on the five-point curviness scale. 39% of those corners are sharp ones, and the road reads as mixed.

What it climbs

The road climbs 1,265 feet in total, 35 feet per mile, between 866 and 1,406 feet — 541 feet of relief. The longest single climb is 329 feet over 3.3 miles, and the steepest grade on it is 9.2%. By Driftless standards that is rolling.

Surface, speed and traffic

Paved end to end. 33% of it is back road rather than highway, the other 67% state or US route. Posted speeds run to 55 mph, typically 55, measured across 40% of the route. Where traffic counts exist — 32% of the miles — the median is 1,600 vehicles a day, busiest at mile 0.0 with 4,100.

Where to stop

4 of the towns on this road have somewhere to stop — 4 fuel, 7 food, 1 bars.

Longest stretch without fuel: 24.7 miles. Worth knowing before you set off if your tank is small.

Listed alphabetically, and chosen by us rather than rated by anybody. The order you reach them, and the mile each one sits at, are in the app.

Worth knowing

Turn-by-turn directions and the spoken guidance are in the app. Every figure on this page is measured from the route itself — corner counts and gradients from the road geometry, elevation from the national elevation dataset, traffic from the state transport departments where counts exist.

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