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CTH I Rockbridge
CTH I Rockbridge is 18.3 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 23 minutes; allow 35 with stops — a quick spin. It is scored CS-3, Spirited: 29 corners, 178° of turning per mile, 1,063 feet of climbing. The roads it uses, in the order you ride them, are in the app.
- Curviness
- CS-3Spirited · 1.58/mi
- Distance
- 18.3 mi23 min riding
- Corners
- 2946% sharp · Tight
- Climbing
- 1,063 ft58 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
About this road
The name Rockbridge points to local rock features in the creek valleys. Steep, short climbs and tight roads in Richland County keep the riding concentrated and rural around Rockbridge. The landscape is the southern Driftless in microcosm: ridges, draws, and small streams. Remoteness and continuous climbing are the defining qualities; the ride is for the pure experience of the landform. Traffic is minimal; services are sparse. Ideal for riders who value geometric intensity and solitude, and who do not require famous landmarks or extensive amenities. Also a quiet, demanding counterpoint to the more culturally dense or park-oriented routes in the broader Dells and Baraboo area. The measured profile reflects honest local relief rather than extreme individual grades; the satisfaction is cumulative. Climb, turn, climb again around Rockbridge. The quiet does the rest.
How it rides
29 corners over 18.3 miles — 1.58 a mile, and 178° of turning for every mile ridden. That scores CS-3, Spirited on the five-point curviness scale. 46% of those corners are sharp ones, and the road reads as tight.
What it climbs
The road climbs 1,063 feet in total, 58 feet per mile, between 795 and 1,272 feet — 477 feet of relief. The longest single climb is 309 feet over 1.2 miles, and the steepest grade on it is 8.5%. 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 17% of the route. State traffic counts cover only 1% 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.