U.S. Bike Route (USBR) 30 and USBR 230

​The U.S. Bicycle Route System (USBRS) is an evolving network of bicycle routes that are designed to connect rural, urban, and suburban areas. For more information on national USBRS see Adventure Cycling Association.

Wisconsin has two designated U.S. Bicycle Routes: USBR 30 and USBR 230.

This is a 269-mile route that connects bicyclists across the state, from east to west, beginning in Milwaukee at the Lake Ferry Express to Bluff Siding, WI on the Mississippi River. USBR 30/230 routes bicyclists on over a 160 miles of Department of Natural Resources (DNR) state trails as well as county or local trails interconnected with roadways for a continuous route.

• Google map of USBR 30/230
• USBR 30 turn by turn directions - east to west
• USBR 30 turn by turn directions - west to east

USBR 230 is an alternate route for use when the Merrimac Ferry (Colsac III) at WIS 113 is not in operation. The route runs along state, county and local roads from Madison to Reedsburg.

• USBR 230 turn by turn directions - east to west
• USBR 230 turn by turn directions - west to east

GPS files (.fit, .gpx, .tcx) for both routes are available to upload to your GPS application. Additional GPS files are available through a Ride with GPS map created by Adventure Cycling.

Many of the trails that are encountered along the route were converted former railroad corridors. For more information on these trails please visit the following websites.

For information about the DNR state trails along the route go the DNR website.

• Hank Aaron State Trail
• Glacial Drumlin State Trail
• Capital City State Trail
• 400’ State Trail
• Elroy Sparta State Trail
• La Crosse River State Trail
• Great River State Trail

County and local trails:

• New Berlin Trail
• Oak Leaf Trail
  

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