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Cazenovia Ironton
Cazenovia Ironton is 19.9 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 25 minutes; allow 35 with stops — a quick spin. It is scored CS-2, Easy: 20 corners, 168° of turning per mile, 922 feet of climbing. The roads it uses, in the order you ride them, are in the app.
- Curviness
- CS-2Easy · 1.0/mi
- Distance
- 19.9 mi25 min riding
- Corners
- 2049% sharp · Tight
- Climbing
- 922 ft46 ft/mi · Steep
- Shape
- LoopQuick spin
- Roads
- 100% back road0% state or US route
- Traffic
- Not countedno state counts on these roads
- Speed limit
- 55 mphtypically 45
About this road
Cazenovia and Ironton are small communities in the quiet hills of Richland and Sauk country. The compact loop supplies honest climbing and low traffic—classic rural Wisconsin Driftless-edge character. Local history is agricultural and small-town; the landform itself is the primary interest. Solitude and the steady rhythm of ridge and valley are the rewards. There are no major tourist landmarks; the experience is the repeated, intimate encounter with the local topography and the working landscape it supports around Cazenovia and Ironton. Ideal for riders who prefer quiet authenticity over famous destinations, and who want a moderate physical demand that still feels fully engaged with the Driftless edge. Also a peaceful connector or recovery option within a larger regional itinerary. No crowds, no checklist—just the land and the quiet roads that follow it.
How it rides
20 corners over 19.9 miles — 1.0 a mile, and 168° of turning for every mile ridden. That scores CS-2, Easy on the five-point curviness scale. 49% of those corners are sharp ones, and the road reads as tight.
What it climbs
The road climbs 922 feet in total, 46 feet per mile, between 913 and 1,319 feet — 405 feet of relief. The longest single climb is 162 feet over 0.4 miles, and the steepest grade on it is 10.8%. For this country that is steep.
Surface, speed and traffic
Paved end to end. 100% of it is back road rather than highway, the other 0% state or US route. Posted speeds run to 55 mph, typically 45, measured across 30% 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. It passes 1 places and we have nothing listed in any of them. 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.
- Backroads
- 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.