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Hillsboro Valton

Hillsboro Valton is 26.7 miles of loop riding through Vernon, Sauk and Richland Counties 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 31 minutes; allow 45 with stops — a quick spin. It is scored CS-1, Cruiser: 21 corners, 134° of turning per mile, 1,283 feet of climbing. The roads it uses, in the order you ride them, are in the app.

Curviness
CS-1Cruiser · 0.79/mi
Distance
26.7 mi31 min riding
Corners
2144% sharp · Mixed
Climbing
1,283 ft48 ft/mi · Steep
Shape
LoopQuick spin
Roads
86% back road14% state or US route
Traffic
Not countedno state counts on these roads
Speed limit
55 mphtypically 55
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About this road

Hillsboro carries a strong Czech heritage and is sometimes called the Czech Capital of Wisconsin. The surrounding roads explore quiet, hilly farm country that lies fully within the Driftless influence zone around Hillsboro and Valton. Czech cultural markers—churches, festivals, architecture—remain visible alongside the dissected, scenic, lightly traveled landscape. Noticing both the landform and the cultural layer turns a pleasant rural ride into a more complete portrait of the place. Traffic is light; the demand is moderate but continuous. Ideal for riders who value cultural landscape as much as pure elevation statistics, and who prefer the quieter edges of the region over the more famous Coulee or Baraboo corridors. Also a natural link for itineraries that connect the Dells Region with the eastern approaches to the Coulee country. Quiet hills around Hillsboro, living culture, and room to breathe.

How it rides

21 corners over 26.7 miles — 0.79 a mile, and 134° of turning for every mile ridden. That scores CS-1, Cruiser on the five-point curviness scale. 44% of those corners are sharp ones, and the road reads as mixed.

What it climbs

The road climbs 1,283 feet in total, 48 feet per mile, between 932 and 1,317 feet — 385 feet of relief. The longest single climb is 222 feet over 1.3 miles, and the steepest grade on it is 9.5%. For this country that is steep.

Surface, speed and traffic

Paved end to end. 86% of it is back road rather than highway, the other 14% state or US route. Posted speeds run to 55 mph, typically 55, measured across 11% of the route. State traffic counts cover only 5% 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 — 1 fuel, 3 food, 1 bars.

Longest stretch without fuel: 15.2 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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