The Richland Center Shamrock is a series of 3 half-day routes in the Southern Driftless area near Richland Center, Wisconsin. Although these routes begin and end at Alana Springs Campground, it is not necessary to stay there in order to ride these routes. The Richland Center Shamrock is ideal if you are looking for a shorter ride, or if you are new to the area and want to experience some of this area's best roads!
Richland Center Shamrock legs are as follows:
Richland Center North Loop
Approximate Mileage: 110 miles
Estimated Riding Time: 3.5 Hours
Surface: Paved + Gravel
Attractions:
Viola: S&S Cycle
Gravel Avoidance: Ames Road, just outside of Viola, is a gravel road. Avoidance is Cty Road G, to Hwy 56. The original route is rejoined in Viola.
Richland Center West Loop
Approximate Mileage: 130 miles
Estimated Riding Time: 3.25 Hours
Surface: Paved
Attractions:
Gays Mills: Apple Orchards
Woodman: Dinky General Store
Richland Center East Loop
Approximate Mileage: 110 miles
Estimated Riding Time: 3.5 Hours
Surface: Paved
Attractions:
Richland Center: Frank Lloyd Wright Warehouse, Harmonic Resonance
Leland: Natural Bridge State Park
North Freedom: Mid-Continent Railroad Museum
Hill Point: White Mound County Park
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Richland Center Shamrock
If you are riding with a group, we ask that every person using our route for navigation purchase their own copy.
In order to encourage this, we are happy to offer a discount for group purchases. Please contact us after purchasing 1 item at full price, and we will set up a coupon code that will give everyone in your group 50% off of the same item.
Our digital routes are designed to operate in most GPS devices. In addition to GPSs, our routes should work with several smartphone apps.
We have tested many Smartphone Apps and here is what we have found:
Please Note
- Some Smartphone Apps require a paid version to allow importing routes.
- Testing was for ‘Follow the Line” only, not “Turn by Turn”.
- If you use an app not listed below, let us know and we will try to test it for you.
- We are not experts on Smartphone Apps. We will try to answer any and all questions, but there may be better resources online.
Apps That Will Work With Our Routes:
- REVER
- Scenic (IOS Only)
- Kurviger (Android Only)
- Detecht
- OsmAnd
- Avenza
- Calimoto
- Gaia
- Ride with GPS
- GPS Tracks
- InRoute
- Harley Davidson
- Indian Ride Command
- My Triumph
- GPX Viewer 2
- Garmin Explore
Apps That Will NOT Work With Our Routes:
- Google Maps
- Apple Maps
- Waze
- Riser
- ESR (Eat Sleep Ride)
- RoadTrippers
- Sygic
- Guru
- Road Warrior Route Planner