{"id":11857,"date":"2013-10-10T13:03:06","date_gmt":"2013-10-10T18:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/about-bicycles.com\/bike-blog\/?p=11857"},"modified":"2013-10-10T13:05:54","modified_gmt":"2013-10-10T18:05:54","slug":"badger-state-trail-ride-and-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/about-bicycles.com\/bike-blog\/?p=11857","title":{"rendered":"Badger State Trail Ride and Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had planned to ride the Badger State Trail<\/strong> in Wisconsin since spring of this year but was unable to get out to this trail\u00a0until last week. Well, I finally rode the trail from Monroe, Wisconsin, through the tunnel and into Belleville.<\/p>\n

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Rock Wall and Bridge on the Badger State Trail<\/p><\/div>\n

I had originally ridden the southern part of this trail a few years back when a friend and I rode the Jane Addams Trail <\/a>which runs from Freeport to the Illinois\/Wisconsin border and then connects to the Badger State Trail. We rode the JAT from Freeport, Il to Monroe, Wi on that trip so I continued my ride this year heading north from Monroe, Wi.<\/p>\n

The Badger State Trail (BST) is a nice, scenic, rural Wisconsin trail but the highlight of this trail is definitely the 1\/4 Mile Long Tunnel<\/strong> which is located about 4 miles south of Belleville.<\/p>\n

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Looking out of the southern entrance of the tunnel.<\/p><\/div>\n

I took quite a few photos, as usual, to document the trail and give you a feel for what it is like, but I probably took more photos of the tunnel since\u00a0that is\u00a0the more unique features of this trail.<\/p>\n

The only other trail that I have ridden with tunnels like this is the Elroy-Sparta Trail<\/a>, which has 3 tunnels. The Tunnel on the BST is more like Tunnel #3 on the EST (which is the one that is closest to Sparta<\/em>) since both of these tunnels are fairly long and you can’t see\u00a0the exits at either end when you are in the middle of either tunnel.<\/p>\n

You will need a light with you to pass through the tunnel<\/strong> (or at least a stick like a blind person would use, but I would recommend a light<\/em>). I had a bike light with me although I did not have the handlebar clip attached so I had to hold it as I rode.<\/p>\n

When I passed through the tunnel there was a young family passing through also and they all had helmet lights on (like coal miners on bikes<\/em>!). Later on there was a guy that came through the tunnel using the flashlight app on his iPhone. I tried that on my way back but it was not a good as my bike light.<\/p>\n

I actually ended up taking more photos from inside the tunnel, looking out, rather than outside the tunnel. This can be a little tricky due to the light (or lack of light<\/em>) but it can also produce some fairly unique situations and photos.<\/p>\n

Of course, I have uploaded a batch of the photos that I took on my ride and have documented the trail and my specific ride on the Badger State Trail.<\/p>\n

Check out The Badger State Trail Photos and Ride Report HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n

I have also included the GPS Map and data from my bike computer on these pages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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