A light on the front and rear of your bike is a good idea. The surface was also rough in many spots. It is actually dangerous to ride though as they are very dark. Signs are posted at the entrance to all tunnels, to "WALK BIKES". The longer tunnel "rains" inside in several segments. There are two tunnels, 3/4 mile and 1/3 mile. The second day we rode from Sparta to Lima Road. Some open areas as well as a tree canopy. The first day we rode from Elroy to Lima Road. There is no parking area at the northernmost portion, The Marshland Trailhead.
It was a total of 2.5 miles out and back in the Park of not the best conditions. If we ever ride this trail again, we would skip the National Park entirely. A portion was on a road meant more for motorized vehicles than bicycles. The trail portion was hilly with one area of surface stone that had signs of washing out with heavy rains. We stayed on the outside and didn't ride inside the park. Part of this trail goes through a National Park. The surface was not maintained quite as well, but rideable. Overall this portion was well maintained. There were a few grassy areas of weeds in the center of trail. We started out on the LaCrosse River State Trail the first day, completing 6 miles out and back, then 10 miles out and back of the Great River State Trail. It’s a dam if you do, dam if you don’t… Catch22 … kinda of a trail… the beauty you see on this trail is worth seeing if a crater filled, potholed road doesn’t bother you too much. And then it just ends… 2miles from Eyota, MN which was originally the reason to take this trail… and if the trail surface had not been so bad, we would had rolled our way into town, have lunch, meandered around the town and return to the trail, instead, we were done… over it…. Making it uncomfortable when trying to keep speed up to go faster than the bugs or rolling to the next shade tree when the sun is overhead… we did read a few reviews some good some not, im not a review writer nor do I take much stock in the ones I read … but I am writing this one because of our disappointment … it was felt by both of us and we both gave the same reasons…. It had beautiful landscape that constantly changed from farmland with wide open spaces & bright sun to wonderful &welcoming shade that held all kinds of birds and bugs… the problem came with dodging all the potholes and craters in the asphalt….
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