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overpass, 300 yards to the official trailhead. Follow this through Fitchburg and then turn
right on Seminole Highway (bike-friendly) and continue to the entrance of the arboretum.
Should you wish to keep on the Capital City State Trail, it stretches west from Lake
Monona all the way to Verona, where it links with the existing
Military Ridge State Trail,
a grand journey. (Better, it leads all the way to Illinois and down along Madison's isthmus
before heading east to Cottage Grove to link with the
Glacial Drumlin State Trail,
allow-
ing one to bicycle all the way to Milwaukee.) The Madison segment is part of a visionary
project dubbed E-Way, a corridor encompassing more than 3,200 acres for ecological, edu-
cational, and recreational use. It isn't just a trail—it's an established “necklace” of linked
islands of educational and environmental importance.
All that would be a full day's work. A much easier ride is to start at the UW's Memorial
Union, from where a path leads along Lake Mendota to Picnic Point. Gorgeous sunrises.
the Yahara River
Machinery Row Bicycle
(601 Williamson St., 608/442-5974,
www.machineryrowbicycles.com
)
100 yards east of Monona Terrace rents bikes starting at
$20 per day. They also stock maps of city bicycle routes.
