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Arena Cassell
Arena Cassell is 15.1 miles of loop riding through Sauk County in Wisconsin — The Dells Region, the baraboo hills, the lower wisconsin river and the ridge roads between reedsburg and spring green. Moving time is about 19 minutes; allow 30 with stops — a quick spin. It is scored CS-3, Spirited: 23 corners, 165° of turning per mile, 869 feet of climbing. The roads it uses, in the order you ride them, are in the app.
- Curviness
- CS-3Spirited · 1.52/mi
- Distance
- 15.1 mi19 min riding
- Corners
- 2343% sharp · Mixed
- Climbing
- 869 ft57 ft/mi · Relentless
- Shape
- LoopQuick spin
- Roads
- 55% back road45% state or US route
- Traffic
- Not countedno state counts on these roads
- Speed limit
- 55 mphtypically 55
About this road
Arena and the surrounding Sauk County roads offer a mix of river influence and upland climbing in a short, punchy, scenic package. The Wisconsin River is never far; the uplands provide the elevation contrast. Quiet and lightly traveled once off the main routes, the loop rewards attention to the quality of the road and the views rather than to length or difficulty statistics. The demand is moderate but continuous; the scenery is coherent around Arena and Cassell. Ideal when a compact, high-quality sample of the river-and-upland contrast is wanted, or as a scenic connector within a larger Spring Green or Baraboo itinerary. The intimate scale keeps both the water and the hills in play throughout the ride. Every section contributes to the same geographic conversation between river corridor and rising ground. Short, clear, and easy to love.
How it rides
23 corners over 15.1 miles — 1.52 a mile, and 165° of turning for every mile ridden. That scores CS-3, Spirited on the five-point curviness scale. 43% of those corners are sharp ones, and the road reads as mixed.
What it climbs
The road climbs 869 feet in total, 57 feet per mile, between 727 and 1,035 feet — 308 feet of relief. The longest single climb is 228 feet over 0.9 miles, and the steepest grade on it is 9.9%. For this country that is relentless.
Surface, speed and traffic
Paved end to end. 55% of it is back road rather than highway, the other 45% state or US route. Posted speeds run to 55 mph, typically 55, measured across 74% of the route. State traffic counts cover only 2% of these miles, too little to put a number on, which is itself a fair sign of how quiet they are.
Where to stop
Nothing listed on this road yet. Some of these places are a church and a grain bin rather than a village. Carry what you need, and start with a full tank.
We would rather say a road has nothing on it than fill the space with a guess — a stop that is not there is worse than no stop at all when you are thirty miles from anywhere.
- Loop
- Big climbing
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 NASA SRTM, traffic from the state transport department where counts exist.