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CTH A Gillingham
CTH A Gillingham is 17.6 miles of loop riding through Richland 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 21 minutes; allow 30 with stops — a quick spin. It is scored CS-1, Cruiser: 16 corners, 135° of turning per mile, 611 feet of climbing. The roads it uses, in the order you ride them, are in the app.
- Curviness
- CS-1Cruiser · 0.91/mi
- Distance
- 17.6 mi21 min riding
- Corners
- 1650% sharp · Tight
- Climbing
- 611 ft35 ft/mi · Rolling
- Shape
- LoopQuick spin
- Roads
- 92% back road8% state or US route
- Traffic
- Not countedno state counts on these roads
- Speed limit
- 55 mphtypically 55
About this road
Another quiet Richland County loop with moderate demands and authentic rural character, this route travels rolling to hilly farmland and woodland around Gillingham. Low traffic and a sense of being off the main tourist routes define the day. It is typical of the everyday Driftless-edge roads that locals use and visitors often overlook—pure, unadorned rural riding that still carries the full signature of the landscape. There are no major landmarks; the interest is the continuous texture of the working countryside and the ridge-and-valley rhythm that organizes it. Ideal for recovery days, quiet exploration, or as a contrast to the more famous and more demanding routes in the Baraboo and Coulee regions. Solitude and authenticity are the primary rewards around Gillingham. No checklist, no crowds—just the land and the quiet roads that follow it.
How it rides
16 corners over 17.6 miles — 0.91 a mile, and 135° of turning for every mile ridden. That scores CS-1, Cruiser on the five-point curviness scale. 50% of those corners are sharp ones, and the road reads as tight.
What it climbs
The road climbs 611 feet in total, 35 feet per mile, between 753 and 1,217 feet — 464 feet of relief. The longest single climb is 338 feet over 1.9 miles, and the steepest grade on it is 6.9%. For this country that is rolling.
Surface, speed and traffic
Paved end to end. 92% of it is back road rather than highway, the other 8% state or US route. Posted speeds run to 55 mph, typically 55, measured across 44% of the route. State traffic counts cover only 7% 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.
- Backroads
- Loop
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.