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CTH G Elroy

CTH G Elroy is 19.5 miles of loop riding through Juneau 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-3, Spirited: 26 corners, 151° of turning per mile, 1,397 feet of climbing. The roads it uses, in the order you ride them, are in the app.

Curviness
CS-3Spirited · 1.33/mi
Distance
19.5 mi25 min riding
Corners
2649% sharp · Tight
Climbing
1,397 ft72 ft/mi · Relentless
Shape
LoopQuick spin
Roads
100% back road0% state or US route
Traffic
Not countedno state counts on these roads
Speed limit
55 mphtypically 55
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About this road

County G near Elroy delivers steep, relentless climbing in a short distance; the high feet-per-mile numbers reflect abrupt local relief. Elroy’s identity is tied to the Elroy-Sparta State Trail; the surrounding roads offer a more demanding on-road counterpart. Stream erosion has dissected the plateau thoroughly here. Accepting the climbs as the point of the ride turns the physical challenge and the views into the main reward. Services are available in Elroy; the climbing sections are concentrated and purposeful. A pure elevation sample—ideal when the goal is substantial vertical gain in a compact package around Elroy, or as a sharp contrast to the gentler rail-trail experience that defines the town for many visitors. Climb hard, look far, descend with the effort still in your legs. The land doesn’t apologize.

How it rides

26 corners over 19.5 miles — 1.33 a mile, and 151° of turning for every mile ridden. That scores CS-3, Spirited 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 1,397 feet in total, 72 feet per mile, between 925 and 1,269 feet — 345 feet of relief. The longest single climb is 266 feet over 1.4 miles, and the steepest grade on it is 11.0%. For this country that is relentless.

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 55, measured across 75% of the route. State traffic counts cover only 3% of these miles, too little to put a number on, which is itself a fair sign of how quiet they are.

Where to stop

2 of the towns on this road have somewhere to stop — 2 fuel, 2 food, 1 bars.

Longest stretch without fuel: 14.5 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.

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.

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