Auto tour of Orchard Ridge neighborhood, Madison WI

Auto tour routes

• 1st video - red arrow
• 2nd video - orange arrow

Orchard Ridge neighborhood boundaries

• North.  Hammersley Road, West Beltline Highway
• East:  Verona Road
• South:  Raymond Road
• West:  Cameron Drive

A selective neighborhood timeline

• Initial post-World War II development took place in the Hammersley Road, Reetz Road, and Whitcomb Drive area (above and below right end of red arrow in above map)
• 1949.  Photo of newly opened, 2-lane Madison belt line in the vicinity of Gilbert Road (now Whitney Way) shows no development
• 1954. Photo shows scattered early development of neighborhood.
• 1958.  Russett Road between South Whitney and Gilbert.  Orchard Ridge Elementary School opens.  (2nd photo)
• 1959.  Gilbert Road and Tolman Terrace.  Orchard Ridge Congregational Church groundbreaking.
• 1961.  Flad Ave. between Gilbert Rd. and Lawson Dr. St. Maria Goretti Parish Center opens.

Other Madison neighborhood auto tour posts:
Bonus round: Auto tour of Hiawatha Circle subdivision in the Nakoma neighborhood of Madison WI.  (1/11/2018)
Skyview Terrace.  (1/9/2018)
Summit Woods.  (1/7/2018)
Midvale Heights.  (1/6/2018)
Hill Farms.  (1/3/2018)
Nakoma.  (12/26/2017)
Sunset Village.  (12/20/2017)
Glen Oak Hills.  (12/17/2017)
Crestwood.  (12/8/2017)
Westmorland.  (12/7/2017)
Owen Parkway, Hoyt Park, Sunset Village.  (12/6/2017)
Indian Hills,  (12/6/2017)
Pilgrim Village.  (12/5/2017)
Highlands.  (12/5/2017)
UPDATE.  Madison's "Levittown" at 66. (12/2/2017)