TRI-STATE TOUR CHICAGO CENTURY
Route Profile Data

Distances • Elevation and Climbing • Each Ride Segment • Ride Segment Summary • Every Possible Route

Distances
The ride is nominally 85 miles long and the rest stops are spaced 18 miles apart on average.

Ride Segments
The average ride segment is 17.5 miles, not including the optional rides to the starting location or any century option.

If you choose to end your ride in Kenosha or do the Waukegan century option the longest mandatory ride segment will be between Waukegan and Kenosha - 22.8 miles if you choose to ride on the road and 19.5 miles if you choose to ride on the path.

The shortest mandatory ride segment will be 10.3 miles from Lake Forest to Waukegan for all routes.

The century loop option in Kenosha is 19.4 miles long. The century option from Kenosha to Waukegan will add 22.8 miles if you choose to ride on the road and 19.5 miles if you choose to ride on the path.

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 one of the century options.

If you begin the ride from the starting location in Whiting and end in Kenosha the minimum ride length is 80.6 miles and if you end in Waukegan the minimum ride length is 61.1 miles. If you begin the ride from Chicago and end in Kenosha the minimum ride length is 66.0 miles and if you end in Waukegan the minimum ride length is 43.1 miles.

If you want to complete a century ride, the total mileage for the on road Kenosha century loop is 103.3 miles and the total mileage for the on path Kenosha to Waukegan century is exactly 100.0 miles.

If you ride to the starting location in Whiting from the Hammond hotel this will add 3.0 additional miles to the ride. If you ride to the starting location from the 95th/Dan Ryan CTA L Train Station the morning of the event this will add 10.4 additional miles to the ride.

Elevation and Climbing
The net elevation gain from Whiting to either Kenosha or Waukegan is 12 feet. The net elevation gain from Chicago to either Kenosha or Waukegan is -2 feet.

The least amount of gross climb for any ride segment is from Lake Forest to Waukegan at 304 feet, and the greatest amount of gross climb for a mandatory ride segment is from Whiting to Chicago at 608 feet. If you end your ride in Kenosha, the on road ride segment with the greatest amount of gross climb will be from Waukegan to Kenosha on road at 978 feet, and if you complete the Waukegan century on road the ride segment with the greatest amount of gross climb at 989 feet.

If you begin the ride from the starting location in Whiting and end in Kenosha the minimum total gross climb over the entire ride is 2570 feet, and if you end in Waukegan the minimum total gross climb is 1984 feet. If you begin the ride from Chicago and end in Kenosha the minimum total gross climb is 1962 feet and if you end in Waukegan the minimum total gross climb is 1376 feet.

If you want to complete a century ride, the total gross climb for the on road Kenosha century loop is 3641 feet and the total gross climb for the on road Waukegan century is 3951 feet.

Rides to the Starting Location and Supported Hotel (Optional)
Becuase these rides are optional, the data from these ride segments will not be included in the cumulative mileage on the on road cue sheets or the totals for every possible route shown below.

Each Ride Segment

Ride Segment Summary

Every Possible Route
The optional rides from the supported hotel and the 95th/Dan Ryan CTA L Train Station to the starting location in Whiting will not be included in the route profile data.