North Carolina Amtrak Bicycle Routes

North Carolina Amtrak Bike Routes

Table of Contents
From Greensboro Amtrak to Raleigh Amtrak............................................................................................2
Hanging Rock Loop from Greensboro Amtrak..........................................................................................4
From Charlotte Amtrak to Raleigh Amtrak................................................................................................7
North Carolina Amtrak Bicycle Routes

From Greensboro Amtrak to Raleigh Amtrak

This is a nice rolling route through the rural Piedmont region. From Snow Camp to Green Level it
covers the same territory as the NCBC 200 brevet, but with a differing route to provide some variation
and uses some quieter and perhaps slightly shorter and maybe hillier roads. Since these roads see less
traffic, they get less maintenance and may have a few minor surface blemishes.
The start (Greensboro Train Depot) is about 500' higher than the finish (Raleigh Train Depot), so
overall the route is downhill. That said there ARE some climbs throughout, especially in the last 25
miles (east of Jordan Lake). Biggest descent: Jack Bennett Rd approaching Lake Jordan. Biggest climb:
Highhouse Rd by Bond Park in Cary.
There are few stores on this route, so traffic and roadside litter are both low (outside of Cary-Raleigh).
After mile 16, it's almost 40 miles to the next store, so stock up! (There are a couple of stores just a bit
off the route but, unless you know where they are, you won't find them.)
Two off-route stores are located at:
• NC-62 at Alamance Ch Rd (1005)
• (Frosty's) Crawford Dairy Rd at Hamlet's Chapel Rd
Alteration: If you go straight on Lewter Shop Rd, instead of turning right on Green Level Rd W, it will
become Green Level School Rd which takes you past Cary's Thomas Brooks Park before rejoining
Green Level Rd W. The park has water and clean restrooms.
82mi (133km)
Greensboro Amtrak on Tryon St
Greensboro-Raleigh
At Turn Go On
Amtrak Depot
0.0 East
1.0 Washington St
BR at Pastor Anderson Way TRO Washington St
1.0 BR 0.6 McConnell Rd
1.6 R 1.9 Willow Rd. (go under I-40/I-85 Bus.)
3.5 L 14.8 Alamance Ch Rd (1005) go over I-40/I-85
14.5 BR at McPherson Clay TRO Alamance Ch (1005)
15.6 Store at NC-62 (last store for 40mi)
18.3 BR 7.2 W. Greensboro Chp Hill Rd (1005)
25.5 - 1.1 Sylvan School Rd
26.6 L 0.4 Snow Camp Rd
27.0 R 1.6 Griffin Rd
28.6 R 0.8 Hollman Mill Rd
29.4 L 2.9 Major Hill Rd
32.3 R 0.5 Lindley Mill Rd
32.8 L 2.1 Old Switchboard Rd
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(Alt route: Castle Rock Farm Rd to NC-87 to Chicken Bridge Rd)

34.9 L 1.1 Greenhill Rd
36.0 R 5.9 Russell Rd
38.4 - becomes Mount Olive Ch Rd
41.9 L 2.1 Chicken Bridge Rd (cross the Haw River)
44.0 R 2.9 River Rd
46.9 R 0.6 Hamlet Chp Rd
47.5 L 0.7 Oak Hill Rd
48.2 L 0.3 Mann's Chp Rd
48.5 R 3.4 Andrew's Store Rd ("Shop Quick" Store at 15-501)
51.9 L 0.6 US-15-501
52.5 R 3.2 Jack Bennett Rd (Traffic Light) Downhill!
55.7 R 1.0 Lystra Rd
56.7 R 2.1 Farrington Rd (1008) Jordan Lake (Traffic Light)
58.8 L 2.8 Martha's Chp Rd
61.6 R 0.4 NC-751 (caution: fast traffic)
62.0 L 0.4 Lewter Shop Rd (Jean's Berry Patch)
62.4 R 10.1 Green Level Rd
Cross the American Tobacco Trail
(Alt route: go straight)
67.9 - becomes High House (1615) Climb!
72.5 L 4.0 W. Chatham (1011)
75.4 - becomes Hillsborough St at I-40 overpass
76.5 BR 0.9 Western Blvd
77.4 L 0.2 Powell Dr
77.6 R 1.4 Beryl Rd
79.0 BL 0.1 TRO Beryl Rd
79.1 R 2.1 Hillsborough St (54) past NCSU
81.2 BR 0.6 W. Morgan St
81.8 R 0.2 Boylan St (RR overpass)
82.0 L 0.1 Dupont Circle
82.1 L 0.1 TRO Dupont Circle
82.2 L 0.1 Cabarrus St
82.3 L West St
Amtrak Depot
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Hanging Rock Loop from Greensboro Amtrak

Amtrak Station (Greensboro NC)
AT TURN GO ON
0.0 Greensboro Amtrak
0.0 W 0.2 Washington St (go west)
0.2 R 5.9 Elm St (alt: Church St)
6.1 - 0.5 through roundabout onto Bass Chappel Rd
Regent's Park Ln
6.6 L 2.5
(a neighborhood street)
9.1 L 0.5 Lake Brandt Rd
9.6 R 1.3 Old Battleground (2340)
10.9 - 0.7 becomes Horse Pen Creek Rd
11.6 R 1.8 Carlson Dairy Rd (Greensboro CC)
Pleasant Ridge Rd (store)
13.4 L 0.3 BR TRO Pleasant Ridge Rd
(NOT Lewiston)
13.7 R 1.1 Stanley Huff Rd
14.8 L 3.4 Bunch Rd
Oak Ridge Rd (NC-150)
18.2 L 1.5
Cross NC-68; Wendy's, Supermarkets, etc.
19.7 R 2.1 Linville Rd
21.8 L 0.2 Haw River Rd
Goodwill Ch Rd (Guilford)
22.0 R 2.6
becomes Freeman Rd
24.6 L 0.1 Piney Grove Rd
24.7 R 2.1 Goodwill Ch Rd (Forsyth)
26.8 R 1.7 Belews Creek Rd
28.5 L 5.1 NC-65
Stokesburg Rd
33.6 R 0.0
Cross RR Tracks
Main St (NC-89/US-311) Walnut Cove
33.6 R 0.5
Restaurants, ABC Store
3rd St (Walnut Cove)
34.1 L 6.5
BR becomes Piney Mountain Rd
40.6 R 0.6 NC-8
Flat Shoals Rd
41.2 L 1.0
(S. Stokes VFD)
42.2 R 0.9 TRO Flat Shoals Rd
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TRO Flat Shoals Rd

43.1 BL 4.5
(Scenic view of Hanging Rock on the right)
47.6 BR 0.5 (2nd) Covington Rd 2008
48.1 BR 0.8 Capella School Rd
NC-66 climb through the pass
48.9 BR . between HR and Sauratown.
Convenience store

50.0 R 5.3 Moore's Spring Rd

Hanging Rock SP Rd.
55.3 R -
IF going up!
Moore's Spring Rd
55.3 R 1.6
East, toward Danbury
56.9 R 5.0 NC-8/NC-89
TRO NC-89 (NOT 8) joins US-311
61.9 BL 6.9
then becomes Main St in Walnut Cove
Stokesburg Rd
68.8 L 0.0
Cross RR Tracks
68.8 L 5.1 NC-65
73.9 L 0.4 Belews Creek Rd TRO NC-65
74.3 R 0.8 TRO Belews Creek Rd / NC-65
75.1 R 1.7 Kernersville Rd
76.8 R 1.0 becomes Piney Grove Rd
Freeman Rd
77.8 L 2.6
becomes Goodwill Ch Rd
80.4 L 0.2 Haw River Rd
80.6 R 2.1 Linville Rd
82.7 L 1.7 Oak Ridge Rd (NC-150)
84.4 R 0.7 Bunch Rd
85.1 BR 2.7 TRO Bunch Rd
87.8 R 1.1 Stanley Huff Rd
88.9 L 0.3 Pleasant Ridge Rd (Store)
Carlson Dairy Rd (NOT Lewiston)
89.3 R 1.8
(Greensboro CC)
91.1 L 0.7 Horse Pen Creek Rd
91.8 - 1.3 becomes Old Battleground (2340)
93.1 L 0.5 Lake Brandt Rd
93.7 R 1.4 Regent's Park Ln
95.1 R 0.7 Bluff Run Dr
95.8 L 0.3 Lake Jeanette Rd
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96.1 R 5.9 (through roundabout) Elm St (alt: Church St)

102.0 L 0.2 Washington St
102.2 R 0.0 Greensboro Amtrak
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From Charlotte Amtrak to Raleigh Amtrak

160mi (257km)
Charlotte Amtrak on Tryon St
AT TURN GO ON
0.0 R 3.4 N Tryon
3.4 R 2.6 Old Concord Rd
6.0 R 8.9 Rocky River Rd
14.9 R 0.7 Lower Rocky River Rd
15.6 L 1.5 Pine Grove Ch Rd
Flowes Store Rd
17.1 L 8.0
(becomes Miami Ch Rd)
25.1 L 2.2 Cold Springs Rd
27.3 R 0.0 Cold Springs Rd E
27.3 L 2.5 Walker Rd
29.8 L 0.1 NC-73 (Mt Pleasant Hwy)
29.9 R 0.3 St Johns Ch Rd
30.2 R 6.5 Mt Olive Rd
Sansbury Rd
36.7 R 1.3
to Gold Hill
38.0 L 3.8 St Stephens Ch Rd
41.8 L 0.1 Old US-80
41.9 R 0.1 Doby Dr
42.0 L 0.1 US-52
High Rock Rd
42.1 R 7.0
(becomes Wyatts Grove Ch Rd)
Bringle Ferry Rd 1002
49.1 R 8.2
(becomes Denton Rd)
57.3 R 0.9 W Peacock Ave
58.2 L 0.3 109
E 1st St
58.5 R 8.8
(becomes Farmer-Denton Rd)
67.3 L 8.0 Old 49 into Asheboro
75.3 BL 1.9 merges with 49 and becomes Albemarle Rd
77.2 L 0.4 S Park St
77.6 R 0.8 Kivett St
78.4 L 0.3 Cliff Rd
N Randolph
78.7 R 0.8
(becomes MLK Jr Dr)
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79.5 L 0.5 Cedar Falls Rd

80.0 BR 4.2 Old Cedar Falls Rd
84.2 L 0.2 Loflin Pond Rd
Cedar Falls Rd
through Franklinville
84.4 R 3.9
(becomes NC-22)
to Ramseur
88.3 L 1.4 Patterson Grove Rd
89.7 R 3.8 Fuergeson Rd
93.5 L 0.7 NC-49
Old Staley Rd
94.2 R 2.8
(becomes Columbia St in Staley)
97.0 R 0.1 W Railroad St
97.1 L 0.2 Pittsboro St
97.3 L 0.2 Foushee St
E Franklinville St
97.5 R 3.0
(becomes Staley-Snow Camp Rd)
100.5 R 0.9 Pike Rd
101.4 R 7.9 Silk Hope Liberty Rd
109.3 L 0.5 Silk Hope Lindley Mill Rd
Epps Clark Rd
109.8 R 5.7
(becomes Henderson Tanyard Rd)
115.5 R 1.4 Castle Rock Farm Rd
116.9 L 0.7 NC-87
Chicken Bridge Rd
117.6 R 3.6
(Cross the Haw River)
121.2 R 2.8 River Rd
124.0 R 0.6 Hamlet Chp Rd
124.6 L 0.7 Oak Hill Rd
125.3 L 0.3 Manns Chp Rd
125.6 R 3.3 Andrews Store Rd
128.9 L 0.7 NC-15-501
129.6 R 3.2 Jack Bennett Rd
132.8 R 1.0 Lystra Rd-Jack Bennett Rd
133.8 R 2.1 Farrington Rd
135.9 L 2.9 Marthas Chp Rd
138.8 R 0.4 NC-751
Lewter Shop Rd
139.2 L 4.2
(becomes Green Level Ch Rd)
143.4 L 2.0 Green Hope School Rd
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(Walk around barricades and across RR track)

145.4 R 1.2 Carpenter Upchurch Rd
146.6 L 3.5 High House Rd (Cary)
150.1 L 0.7 Old Apex Rd
150.8 BL 3.7 W. Chatham St
(becomes E Chatham St)
(becomes Hillsborogh St)
154.5 BR 0.8 Western Blvd
155.3 L 0.2 Powell Dr
155.5 R 1.5 Beryl Rd
157.0 R 2.2 Hillsborough St
159.2 BR 0.5 Morgan St
159.7 R 0.2 Boylan Ave
159.9 L 0.2 Kinsey St
160.1 L 0.2 Cabarrus St
160.3 --- L Amtrak Station—Raleigh NC
Raleigh Amtrak on Cabarrus St
Note:
CH = Church
CHP = Chapel