Sugar River State Trail

Dogs Leashed

E-Bikes Allowed

Features Commonly Bikepacked

Each bicyclist age 16 or older needs a Wisconsin State Trail pass while using the trail. Pet owners, please be sure to have your pet on a leash, 8 feet or shorter, at all times. You must pick up after your pet.

The Sugar River State Trail follows an abandoned railroad line in south central Wisconsin for 24 miles from New Glarus to Brodhead, passing through Monticello and Albany. Fourteen trestle bridges cross over the Sugar River and its tributaries, while the trail passes by farmlands, woods, rolling hills, and remnant prairies. The trail has also been designated as a National Recreational Trail.

Most of the trail is wide doubletrack made up of hardpacked gravel. A short section in New Glarus is blacktop and some short sections elsewhere are sandy.

A short access trail connects the Sugar River State Trail to New Glarus Woods State Park. The Sugar River State Trail intersects the Badger State Trail near Monticello.

Description adapted from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources website: dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/par….