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I. East-west Roads.
A. Donges Bay Road. This route runs from the Interurban Trail in Mequon to
Division Road in Germantown. After the challenging process of getting past
Highway 41, the route follows Willow Creek Road to Monches.
1. Bark Lake Road and Elmwood Road. A low traffic alternative to the
Monches area.
B. Monches/Holy Hill area. There are large number of very scenic, winding and hilly
roads between Monches and Holy Hill, including Emerald Drive, Dublin Road,
Donegal Road, and Monches Road. Several are designated as rustic roads.
C. Clare Lane//Roosevelt Road. This route starts at Monches and leads eventually to
Watertown.
D. Freistadt Road. This is another road that leads from Mequon, west to the Holy
Hill area. West of Highway 41, it becomes Hubertus Road., Between Highway 41
and Highway J there is more traffic than elsewhere.
E. Pleasant Hill Road. This is mainly a low traffic route, winding back and forth
using Cedar Lane, Bonniwell Road, Holy Hill Road, and Wolf Road at Richfield.
F. Western Avenue. A direct, low traffic route across Ozaukee and Washington
counties. One factor keeping traffic low, is that while it crosses both highways 45
and 41 it has no intersection with them.
G. Sherman Road. Very similar to Western Avenue and would make a good loop
route in combination with it. The two routes joined at Fond du Lac Drive.
H. Pleasant Valley Road. A low traffic route across Ozaukee and Washington
County.
1. Cedar Creek Road. Low traffic and quite scenic from Jackson Road to
Slinger.
I. Paradise Drive. Part of a route between Cedarburg and West Bend. Paradise
Drive can be taken west of its junction with Sand Drive. The section around
Highway 45 suffers from urban sprawl, but the area to the west of that is very
scenic and winding through Kettle Moraine country.
J. Decorah Road. This route runs from Newburg to West Bend and Ridge Run County Park. From Newburg, take Salisbury St, Congress Drive, Steeple View Rd, and Spring Rd to Decorah.
II. North South roads
A. Country Aire Dr. this route runs through mostly farming country, just west of the
Ozaukee County line. At the southern end there is a somewhat sketchy connection
to the Oak leaf Trail in Milwaukee County, using Highway 145, Fountain
Boulevard, and Leon Road.
B. Downtown Germantown route. This short route uses residential streets, and one
or two bike trails to go north as far as Freistadt Road. At the southern end, it
connects to Menomonee Falls, using a pedestrian bridge over Highway 41.
C. Jackson Drive. This route runs north from Germantown along Bloomingdale
Road and Jackson Drive to Pleasant Valley Road through mostly rural country.
Go east of Pleasant Valley, north on Maple Rd, and west on Rucsco Rd to the new Eisenbahn bike trail. This unpaved trail runs north through West
Bend to the Fond du Lac county line. Eventually it is planned to continue to Eden. Also in West Bend, the Riverbank Parkway runs along the Milwaukee River
D. Mayfield Road. This route runs from Western Avenue north to West Bend.
Particularly around the town of Mayfield, the road is quite small and scenic.
E. Scenic Road. This road lives up to its name. At Rugby Junction the bicyclist may
either take Western Avenue to Mayfield Road to continue north or take Fond du Lac
Drive to continue to Slinger or to Pike Lake State Park. North US 41, Scenic Rd resumes and continues north as county Z and Scenic Drive to highway 33.
F. Slinger Road and and Big Cedar Lake. Between Slinger and the southern end of
Big Cedar Lake, traffic is quite heavy, especially on a Sunday afternoon in
summer. However, there are several roads that follow the shores of Big Cedar
Lake, avoiding much of this traffic. Where these roads rejoined highway 144, at
the north, traffic is substantially reduced.
G. Kettle Moraine Road. Between Monches, and Pike Lake one can follow the route
of the Kettle Moraine Drive. However the official route of the drive takes
Highway 60 between Pike Lake and Slinger, which is too busy for bicyclists. The
bicyclist can continue north on Kettle Moraine Road, which despite its name goes
through fairly level farming country, and various connecting Roads to Allenton. Or the bicyclist can take Hartford Road, east
to Slinger or Hilldale Road, west to Hartford.
H. Pike Lake to Hartford. A bicycle trail connects Pike Lake State Park with
Hartford. The portion in the State Park is unpaved and marginally suitable for
road bikes.
I. North and south of Hartford. Several routes run north or south from Hartford
through fairly level farming country, with little traffic.
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