2024 TransRockies Gravel Royale, Aug 23-26 - Register Now!

Beautiful

Beautiful Southern Ride

March 29 2025
Carbondale Illinois USA
Unconfirmed
Add to My Favourites
 
Distances: 30, 62, 75 miles
Difficulty: Moderate terrain with rolling short steep hills or moderate, sustained climbs

A fund-raising event to support the club’s local, national, and international philanthropies such as, the Boys and Girls Club of Carbondale, the Carbondale Women’s Center, youth scholarships, and Polio Plus. The ride is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Carbondale-Breakfast and the Carbondale Bicycle Club.
 

Choose from a 31, 62, 75 mile ride starting at the Carbondale Middle School (CMS).
 

The 30 mile ride goes south from CMS into Giant City Park. Hilly with a long, fast downhill into Makanda and then uphill to the Visitor Center and the rest stop. After the rest stop there's a lovely long stretch of Spillway Road in Crab Orchard Wildlife Refuge.
 

The 62 mile ride is a challenging ride that goes south and west from CMS and follows the Wine Trail to Pomona and the first rest stop. From Pomona the ride travels east to a rest stop and then join the 31 mile ride in Makanda for the 3nd rest stop and the ride back to Carbondale.
 

The 75 mile follows the 30 mile ride but from the easternmost part of the ride heads north of Carbondale in a loop to Elkville and finish back at CMS. There is a 3rd rest stop north of Carbondale in Cambria and a 4th rest stop in Elkville.
 

Entry fee: $25 per person
 

All rides start and end at the Carbondale Middle School. Restrooms are available at the school but there are no shower facilities.

Registration is from 7-9 a.m. Sags end at 3 p.m. Plan to start in time to finish by 4 p.m.

The routes are marked and cue sheets will be provided. The rides will have rest stops with snacks and water. All routes will be sagged.
 

Helmets are required to be worn by all riders. Cyclists must obey all traffic rules.

 


 

 

 
Start Located At: Carbondale Middle School, Carbondale, Illinois
 
 
Add to My Rides
Alert Us
Email
Register
Facebook
Website
618-529-3307

Registration and start times are between 7 and 9 am.

Registration Fees

$25

 
Facilities
Parking
Changing Rooms
Toilets
Registration On the Day
 
Support for Participants
Route Signposted
Emergency Contact No
SAG Wagon
 
Community
Fundraising
 
Features
Downloadable GPS files
 
Nutrition
Feed / Aid Stations
Post Event Meal(s) Provided As Part of Entry
Number of Aid Stations: 6
 
beautifulsouthernride