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Note that the posted route data may not correlate exactly to the actual route you will ride due to reroutes necessary within one month of the event.

Distances
The ride is nominally 85 miles long and the rest stops are spaced 17 miles apart on average.

Total Ride
While the nominal length of the ride is 85 miles, the actual specific ride lengths will vary based on the options you choose, such as whether you follow the bike path or road from Waukegan to Kenosha and whether or not you do the century option.

If you begin the ride from the starting location in Hammond, IN the minimum ride length is 81.8 miles and the maximum possible length is 105.1 miles. If you stay at the supported hotel in Hammond this will add 4.2 additional miles to the ride and the minimum ride length will be 86.0 miles and the maximum possible length will be 109.3 miles.

Ride Segments
The average ride segment is 16.7 miles, not including the ride from the supported hotel to the starting location. The longest mandatory ride segment will be 21.4 miles from DuSable Harbor to Morton Grove. The shortest mandatory ride segment will be 8.6 miles from Lake Forest to Waukegan. The century option is 19.2 miles long.

Elevation and Climbs
More information coming soon!

Each Ride Segment

Hammond
to
DuSable
Harbor
DuSable
Harbor
to
Morton
Grove
Morton
Grove
to Lake
F orest
Lake Forest
to
Waukegan
Waukegan
to
Kenosha
Century
Loop
Option
On
Path
On
Road
Distance (mi)
18.8
21.4
18.7
8.6
14.3
18.4
19.2
Elevation
Profile
Starting
Elevation (ft)
581
608
628
713
679
679
597
Ending
Elevation (ft)
608
628
713
679
597
597
597
Highest
Elevation (ft)
685
693
731
745
690
735
735
Lowest
Elevation (ft)
581
586
497
654
593
590
567
Gross
Climb (ft)
751
917
874
373
650
973
564
Gross Climb
Profile
Net
Climb (ft)
27
20
85
-34
-82
-82
0
Gross Grade
0.8
0.8
0.9
0.8
0.9
1.0
0.6
Net Grade
0.0
0.0
0.1
-0.1
-0.1
-0.1
0.0

Ride Segment Summary

Unique Ride Segments
7
Total Possible Routes
4
Total Rest Stops
6
On Road Rest Stops
5
Rest Stops Ridden To
5

Every Potential Route

Waukegan to
Kenosha
On
Path
On
Road
On
Path
On
Road
Century
Option
No
No
Yes
Yes
Rest Stops
5
5
6
6
Total Distance
(mi)
81.8
85.9
101.0
105.1
Elevation
Profile
Starting
Elevation (ft)
581
581
581
581
Ending
Elevation (ft)
597
597
597
597
Highest
Elevation (ft)
745
745
745
745
Lowest
Elevation (ft)
497
497
497
497

Gross Climb
(ft)

3565
3888
4129
4452
Gross Climb
Profile
Net Climb (ft)
16
16
16
16
Longest Ride
Segment
Distance (mi)
21.4
21.4
21.4
21.4

Shortest Ride
Segment
Distance
(mi)

8.6
8.6
8.6
8.6
Average
Distance
Between Rest
Stops (mi)
16.4
17.2
16.8
17.5
Longest Ride
Segment
Gross Climb
(ft)
917
973
917
973

Shortest Ride
Segment
Gross Climb
(ft)

373
373
373
373

Average Gross
Climb
Between
Rest
Stops (ft)

713
778
688
742
Gross Grade
0.8
0.9
0.8
0.8
Net Grade
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

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