Ride safely - Wisconsin Department of Tourism
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21<br />
Cheese Country<br />
Trail<br />
JUST THE FACTS<br />
DISTANCE: 47 miles.<br />
DIFFICULTY: Easy.<br />
TRAILHEAD LOCATION(S): In<br />
Monroe at the intersection <strong>of</strong> 21st<br />
Street and 4th Avenue West. In Mineral<br />
Point on Darlington Road near its intersection<br />
with Commerce Street.<br />
Additional parking is available at campgrounds<br />
in both Gratiot and Darlington.<br />
SEASON: The trail is open to ATVs<br />
year ‘round except when there is snow<br />
on the trail.<br />
FEES: None for ATVs. However, there is<br />
a $15 user fee (Cheese Country Trail<br />
Sticker) for other trail users. ATV riders<br />
are encouraged to support the trail by<br />
purchasing a sticker.<br />
NOTE: This is a multi-use trail. ATVs,<br />
dirt bikes, mopeds, motorcycles, horses,<br />
bicycles and hikers also use the trail.<br />
Use caution and yield to pedestrians,<br />
horses and bikers.<br />
CAUTION: The speed limit on the trail<br />
is 30 mph. When crossing bridges it’s<br />
15 mph. Within city limits and when<br />
operating within 100 feet <strong>of</strong> a person<br />
or dwelling it’s 10 mph.<br />
AREA ATTRACTIONS: Pendarvis,<br />
Browntown-Cadiz Springs State<br />
Recreation Area, Historic Cheesemaking<br />
Center, and Minhas Brewing.<br />
LEGEND: For a complete listing <strong>of</strong> all<br />
icons, see page 4.<br />
FOR MORE INFORMATION:<br />
Tri-County Trails<br />
608/776-5706<br />
www.tricountytrails.com<br />
Tri-County ATV Club<br />
608/574-2911 or 608/776-4048<br />
www.tricountyatv.org<br />
CARMEN JOPP<br />
151<br />
Belmont<br />
Lafayette, Iowa and Green Counties<br />
They call this the Driftless Area, this<br />
southwestern corner <strong>of</strong> <strong>Wisconsin</strong>.<br />
While much <strong>of</strong> the rest <strong>of</strong> the state<br />
was scraped pretty flat by glaciers,<br />
the massive ice bulldozers<br />
never made it this far<br />
south and west. Here,<br />
the countryside rises and<br />
falls in an almost rhythmic<br />
ripple <strong>of</strong> ridges and<br />
valleys. It is beautiful country.<br />
Across this landscape the<br />
rail line wove its way from valley<br />
to valley, bridging scores <strong>of</strong> streams<br />
that flowed down the valley floors. The<br />
Cheese Country Trail follows that line. Built<br />
on an abandoned railbed, the trail swings<br />
south and east 47 miles from Mineral Point<br />
in Iowa County, across Lafayette County, to<br />
Monroe in Green County. A highlight <strong>of</strong><br />
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