Lead Region Mining Bike Trail

Steep wooded valleys mean tough biking in the lead mining region.  The site of the nation's first great mineral rush in 1820, it was once the populous area in the state.  Early miners were called "badgers" for living in shacks over hillside holes.  Thousands of small, abandoned surface mines dot the ridges and valleys of "Coulee Country."

Pioneer priest Father Samuel Mazzuchelli built area churches and named many of Shullsburg's streets for Biblical virtues to appeal to the miner's better nature.  You may be at the corner of Charity and Virtue, but riding a bike is no easy street in lead mining country.  Click for a map of the trail and for additional contact information.