Blackhawk Country Roads Metric & Century Ride
📍 Rock Valley College • Rockford, IL
100 Mi
Century Course
Anytime
Event Date
See Event Website
Registration
In-Person (Offline)
Event Format
🚴 Event Overview
An annual organized late-summer invitational bicycle ride hosted by the Blackhawk Bicycle & Ski Club, featuring scenic road cycling routes of varying lengths—including a 100K metric century and a 100-mile full century—through the rolling countryside, farmland, and rural roads of northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin.
Course Amenities & Highlights:
Regional Terrain & Profile: Sweeping prairie horizons, Lake Michigan coastal trails, and unexpected Northwest rolling hills
📍 Event Map & Location
Rock Valley College
3301 N Mulford Rd Rockford, IL 61114
GPS: 42.3087, -88.9959
⚡ Event Specifications
Verified logistical details, course specs, and event attributes for riders and participants.
| Dataset Population | Forward Calendar (Schedule Pending) Annual recurring event with date confirmation pending; isolated from the 2026 Census baseline count. Methodology → |
| Event Type | Cycling Century (SportsEvent) |
| Sport | Road Cycling |
| Event Name | Blackhawk Country Roads Metric & Century Ride |
| Event Status | Scheduled |
| Attendance | In-Person (Offline) |
| Start Date | Anytime |
| Starting Venue | Rock Valley College |
| Street Address | 3301 N Mulford Rd |
| City / Locality | Rockford |
| State / Region | IL |
| Postal / Zip | 61114 |
| GPS Coordinates | 42.3087, -88.9959 |
| Host / Organizer | Blackhawk Bicycle & Ski Club ↗ |