The way points of this bicycle route:
Start at the Capitol Square
Turn on to city bike path
Willy Bikes
Kohl Center
Camp Randall Stadium
Entering Southwest Commuter Path
Wave to the poor, poor, cars!
Highway underpass. Note: Allied Drive isn't Madison's finest, keep moving.
Leaving Southwest Commuter Path, turning East onto Capitol City Trail (Trail Pass Required)
Turn left off path onto road
Exit road onto Military Ridge State Trail (Trail Pass Required)
Quarry Ridge Park has a bit of single track, maybe a mile or a little more... but is always good fun.
Turn off of Military Ridge State Trail onto Fitchrona Rd.
Turn Left off of Fitchrona Rd. onto County M.
Turn right off of County M onto Borchert Rd
Turn Left off of Borchert Rd onto Purcell Rd.
Turn Right off of Purcell Rd onto Badger State Trail (Trail Pass Required)
Food: Local restraurants ahead on Main St, or double back on 69 to Subway in the shopping center just north of Bowlavard Ave. (1 miles)
Cool Bridge in Belleville
Main Street has 2 small restauraunts East of Green Street and 3 bars West of Green St.
You can go around the tunnel by sticking to Tunnel Rd. This adds .5 mi to the route. Tunnel Rd will cross Badger State Trail after 2.2 mi.
Tunnel. You'll need a light, or you can go around on Tunnel Rd.
Turn Right off of Badger State Trail onto Exeter Rd. (We are leaving the trail to head to New Glarus Woods Park)
Crossing Sugar River State Trail. Head north here to go to New Glarus. Head South to go to Monticello and re-join Badger State Trail (Trailhead, Parking). Continue on Exeter Crossing to New Glarus Woods Park. Be advised, Exeter Crossing Rd has some steep hills.
Top of very steep hill.
Top of second steep hill.
Hwy 36/69 is four lanes here. Cross quickly to Hwy NN
Entering Park Area. Walk-in/Tent sites cost $12. Walk-in/Tent sites are on the first branch off Cty NN. Stop at the Ranger Station for more info. Firewood is generally available.
Entering Park Area. You should see the ranger station at this point. The eastern route has the walk-in sites, and the first few (19, 20...) are ideal for walking in with bikes.
Food: from here downtown New Glarus is accessible via New Glarus Woods spur trail. (2.1mi).
Welcome to Bikely, take a step by step tour of this path:
Press Start Tour - then use the navigation buttons below to move along the path.
Southwest Path out of Madison to Military Ridge, then use Fitchrona Rd to get to Badger State Trail, and Exeter Crossing Rd to get to New Glarus Woods State Park.
See http://dnr.wi.gov for more info and free maps.
Tagged with: Recreational, Smooth, Low traffic, Urban, Rural, Scenic, Touring
