Cary to Greensboro Bicycle Route.muse

   1 #title Earth Day Trip to Greensboro
   2
   3 UNCGreen was having an Earth Day celebration a bit early (to avoid
   4 conflicts with final exams) on April 19, 2007. I know several people
   5 who attend UNCG, and I was in Morrisville at the time so I decided to
   6 tape my handlebars green and make the trek.
   7
   8 * Route
   9
  10 The route starts in the middle of Morrisville/Cary on Davis Drive at
  11 the corner of High House Road facing South, and ends at the Amtrak
  12 Depot in Greensboro.
  13
  14  1. R High House Road
  15  2. Continue on High House - becomes Green Hill Road
  16  2. L Lewter Shop Road @ End of Road
  17  3. R NC-751
  18  4. L Martha's Chapel Road
  19  5. R Farrington Road (1008) @ Jordan Lake
  20  6. L Lystra Road @ Light
  21  7. L Jack Bennet Road
  22  8. L US-15-501 @ Light
  23  9. R Andrew's Store Road @ Shop Quick Gas Station
  24  10. L Mann's Chapel Road
  25  11. R Oak Hill Road
  26  12. R Hamlet Chapel Road
  27  13. L River Road
  28  14. L Chicken Bridge Road (crossing Haw River)
  29  15. R Mount Olive Church Road
  30  16. Continue on Mount Olive - becomes Russell Road
  31  17. L Greenhill Road
  32  18. R Old Switchboard Road
  33  19. R Lindley Mill Road
  34  20. L Major Hill Road
  35  21. Bear R Hollman Mill Road
  36  22. L Griffin Road
  37  23. L Snow Camp Road
  38  24. R Sylvan School Road
  39  25. Bear R Sylvan School Road - becomes W Greensboro Chapel
  40  Hill Road (1005) at Pleasant Hill Church Road
  41  26. L Alamance Church Road
  42  27. Cross 40 and enter Greensboro
  43  27. R Willow Road
  44  28. L McConnel Road
  45  30. Bear L E Washington Street
  46  31. Arrive at Amtrak Depot
  47
  48 ** UNC Greensboro
  49
  50  1. Continue on E Washington Street
  51  2. L S Spring Street
  52  3. Bear R Spring Garden Street
  53  4. R Tate Street
  54  5. Arrive at University
  55
  56 * Return Route
  57
  58 I based my route on a route from the
  59 [[http://cycling.ahands.org/greensboro-raleigh.html][Greensboro Amtrak to Raleigh Amtrak]]. I had to reverse it as it was in
  60 the wrong direction. It should be obvious how to get back to Cary or
  61 Morrisville; simply hit whatever road in town you need from High House
  62 Road.
  63
  64 ** Alternative
  65
  66 Instead of turning on Andrew's Store Road, continue on Mann's Chapel
  67 until it hits US-15/501. If you take the left you will end up
  68 intersection with NC54 or can go into Chapel Hill. NC54 East can be
  69 taken all the way back to Raleigh. It isn't *that* bad to ride on, but
  70 I'd recommend not doing it after dark unless your bicycle is very
  71 bright.