The trail is now 8.6 miles long. Over 5 miles of it paved. The crushed stone section is packed hard and in good shape except for the occasional rodent hole. The portion that is on road is on ultra low traffic roads. The northern section is really nice paved offroad town trail. Only the southern section does go right along route 26 and traffic noise is not to bad. You can stay at the Holiday Inn Express which is about 2 miles from the trail and the road to the trail has a wide bike lane. The northern half goes through a city park with nice gardens and statues. The ride from the hotel to the end of the trail and back to town will give you 20 miles or so. It is a good workout as this trail seems like it is slightly uphill in both directions , not steep but very long slight inclines. It will make you work. Fort Atkinson is a great place to stay. Hotels, restaurants, gas stations, and lots for those antique and boutique do dad stores for the ladies.. The river walk has bars and places to eat. The morning I rode it lots of people were fishing right in downtown. A+

"Go south on hwy 26, you will see a sign on the right pointing to the parking lot. Trail is smooth, some road travel but lightly traveled roads. Once you get off the roads look for bird houses on the left, there were bluebirds and swallows in the area. The non-paved portion of the trail is also in good shape. Downside of trail is that it parallels a highway so not the most scenic.
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