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WI 58 Mauston

WI 58 Mauston is 46.1 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 58 minutes; allow 85 with stops — a half morning. It is scored CS-2, Easy: 48 corners, 128° of turning per mile, 2,143 feet of climbing. The roads it uses, in the order you ride them, are in the app.

Curviness
CS-2Easy · 1.04/mi
Distance
46.1 mi58 min riding
Corners
4855% sharp · Tight
Climbing
2,143 ft47 ft/mi · Steep
Shape
LoopHalf morning
Roads
49% back road51% state or US route
Traffic
Not countedno state counts on these roads
Speed limit
55 mphtypically 55
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About this road

WI 58 remains a scenic state highway that still delivers genuine back-road character in this segment, linking Mauston with the more dissected country toward the Baraboo Hills and the Wisconsin River. Rolling to steep terrain mixes farm and woodland; the broader region includes both Driftless outliers and the dramatic rock of the Baraboo Range. A side trip toward Devil’s Lake State Park, when time and energy allow, adds one of Wisconsin’s most striking landscapes to the day. The highway follows the land closely enough to retain interest without extreme technical demand. Services are available at both ends and at intermediate points; the middle miles supply the elevation and scenery. A practical and scenic connector within a larger Dells or Baraboo itinerary, or a satisfying stand-alone effort for riders who prefer state-highway logistics with authentic regional texture around Mauston.

How it rides

48 corners over 46.1 miles — 1.04 a mile, and 128° of turning for every mile ridden. That scores CS-2, Easy on the five-point curviness scale. 55% of those corners are sharp ones, and the road reads as tight.

What it climbs

The road climbs 2,143 feet in total, 47 feet per mile, between 871 and 1,317 feet — 446 feet of relief. The longest single climb is 241 feet over 1.0 miles, and the steepest grade on it is 9.3%. For this country that is steep.

Surface, speed and traffic

Paved end to end. 49% of it is back road rather than highway, the other 51% state or US route. Posted speeds run to 55 mph, typically 55, measured across 18% of the route. State traffic counts cover only 7% 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, 3 food, 4 bars.

Longest stretch without fuel: 28.6 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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