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Mauston

Mauston is 25.8 miles of loop riding through Juneau and Sauk 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 34 minutes; allow 50 with stops — a quick spin. It is scored CS-5, Technical: 57 corners, 184° of turning per mile, 931 feet of climbing. The roads it uses, in the order you ride them, are in the app.

Curviness
CS-5Technical · 2.21/mi
Distance
25.8 mi34 min riding
Corners
5775% sharp · Tight
Climbing
931 ft36 ft/mi · Rolling
Shape
LoopQuick spin
Roads
71% back road29% state or US route
Traffic
Not countedno state counts on these roads
Speed limit
55 mphtypically 55
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About this road

This compact loop around Mauston packs surprisingly high corner density into a short distance—technical fun without a long commitment. The town itself supplies services; the surrounding roads quickly become rural and engaging. Terrain is hilly rather than mountainous, yet the tight geometry keeps the effort honest. As a concentrated dose of local twistiness it delivers the regional road character in efficient form. Ideal when time is limited but the desire for pure riding quality remains, or as a sharp opener or closer to a longer day centered on Mauston as a service base. Every turn is forced by the local landform; there is little filler. The combination of immediate access and continuous engagement makes the short loop around Mauston unusually high-value for its distance. Short, sharp, and completely local.

How it rides

57 corners over 25.8 miles — 2.21 a mile, and 184° of turning for every mile ridden. That scores CS-5, Technical on the five-point curviness scale. 75% of those corners are sharp ones, and the road reads as tight.

What it climbs

The road climbs 931 feet in total, 36 feet per mile, between 870 and 1,321 feet — 451 feet of relief. The longest single climb is 343 feet over 1.1 miles, and the steepest grade on it is 9.2%. For this country that is rolling.

Surface, speed and traffic

Paved end to end. 71% of it is back road rather than highway, the other 29% state or US route. Posted speeds run to 55 mph, typically 55, measured across 35% 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: 15.9 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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