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Looks like a long ride to La Crosse from Minneapolis...don't have that info. However I have access to the rest of the trip - sort of.
From La Crosse to Madison (I've never biked it):
www.bike4trails.com
Also have a look at the Dane County and Wisconsin biker maps....
I have done this:
Bike via Madison streets, trails to Glacial Drumlin, through Waukesha to New Berlin, down through the Oak Leaf, to the Racine Trail, on the Root River pathway through Racine, pick up the Racine County trail to Kenosha, the Kenosha lakefront to the Kenosha/Robert McClory/Green Bay, take Asbury to Washington to Elmwood in Evanston and then weave south on residential streets, pick up Chicago Lakefront trail at Loyola Park.
David Travis said:Thanks for the help. I now need assistance on the best way to get from Madison to Reedsburg. Anyone done that?
The Military Ridge Trail will get you as far west as Dodgeville: http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/LAND/parks/specific/militaryridge/
From there, the WI Bike Map seems to indicate that Wis-23 straight north to Reedsburg is the ticket (and you'll go past Spring Green and the House on the Rock).
I once purchased the whole set of Wisconsin state bike maps-- they're pretty good.
You can order the portions you need (probably two at $5 each) here:
http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/bike-foot/statemap.htm
Or you can download individual county bike maps here:
http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/bike-foot/countymaps.htm
Looks like a long ride to La Crosse from Minneapolis...don't have that info. However I have access to the rest of the trip - sort of.
From La Crosse to Madison (I've never biked it):
www.bike4trails.com
David Travis said:H3,
Thanks. I just happened to come across this resource earlier today. I have a cyclist friend in Madison, who is cogitating on which paths are actually decent and what other routes might work if traffic is light.
I see that the Military Ridge trail is not on a direct diagonal from Madison to Reedsburg and would involve lots of extra miles of peddling.
It's getting to be a contagious puzzle.
Thanks for helping as I could have missed this entirely.
h3 said:I once purchased the whole set of Wisconsin state bike maps-- they're pretty good.
You can order the portions you need (probably two at $5 each) here:
http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/bike-foot/statemap.htm
Or you can download individual county bike maps here:
http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/bike-foot/countymaps.htm
No prob . . . in my road riding days I tired of paths early on-- would rather pass through towns and get a taste of how people live (whether the WI folks like it or not ;-), see houses and farms, etc.
Paths have a way of keeping you out of the center of a town . . .
David Travis said:H3,
Thanks. I just happened to come across this resource earlier today. I have a cyclist friend in Madison, who is cogitating on which paths are actually decent and what other routes might work if traffic is light.
I see that the Military Ridge trail is not on a direct diagonal from Madison to Reedsburg and would involve lots of extra miles of peddling.
It's getting to be a contagious puzzle.
Thanks for helping as I could have missed this entirely.
h3 said:I once purchased the whole set of Wisconsin state bike maps-- they're pretty good.
You can order the portions you need (probably two at $5 each) here:
http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/bike-foot/statemap.htm
Or you can download individual county bike maps here:
http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/bike-foot/countymaps.htm
No prob . . . in my road riding days I tired of paths early on-- would rather pass through towns and get a taste of how people live (whether the WI folks like it or not ;-), see houses and farms, etc.
Paths have a way of keeping you out of the center of a town . . .
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