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CTH G Mauston

CTH G Mauston is 54.3 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 69 minutes; allow 100 with stops — a half day. It is scored CS-3, Spirited: 79 corners, 169° of turning per mile, 2,566 feet of climbing. The roads it uses, in the order you ride them, are in the app.

Curviness
CS-3Spirited · 1.45/mi
Distance
54.3 mi69 min riding
Corners
7954% sharp · Tight
Climbing
2,566 ft47 ft/mi · Steep
Shape
LoopHalf day
Roads
84% back road16% state or US route
Traffic
Not countedno state counts on these roads
Speed limit
55 mphtypically 55
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About this road

The county roads around Mauston explore the western edge of the Baraboo Hills influence and the gradual shift into more open Driftless-style country. Mauston itself is a small city on the Lemonweir River with a classic Wisconsin main-street feel. The area sits near the boundary between true Driftless and glacially influenced landscapes, so the topography shifts under your wheels as the miles accumulate. Climbing is steady; the roads grow quiet once you leave the main highways. Riding here is a way to feel the change in the land as you move west or south into the older, more dissected country. The loop doesn’t rely on a single dramatic landmark. Its interest is the gradual revelation of Driftless character and the practical service base of Mauston. A good orientation ride for the broader region, or a moderate half-day when deeper Coulee or Baraboo routes are planned for other days.

How it rides

79 corners over 54.3 miles — 1.45 a mile, and 169° of turning for every mile ridden. That scores CS-3, Spirited on the five-point curviness scale. 54% of those corners are sharp ones, and the road reads as tight.

What it climbs

The road climbs 2,566 feet in total, 47 feet per mile, between 888 and 1,370 feet — 482 feet of relief. The longest single climb is 345 feet over 1.1 miles, and the steepest grade on it is 9.5%. For this country that is steep.

Surface, speed and traffic

Paved end to end. 84% of it is back road rather than highway, the other 16% state or US route. Posted speeds run to 55 mph, typically 55, measured across 9% 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

1 of the towns on this road has somewhere to stop — 2 fuel, 3 food, 2 bars.

Longest stretch without fuel: 42.4 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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