Hanging Rock Loop

Starting point: Greensboro Amtrak Station

Hanging Rock is spectacular. Do this ride as a century or as an overnight camping trip. Here are some snaps from when Roger Truit and I rode it in the Fall of 2006:

Bikely Route Map

Starting Point Maps (Greensboro Amtrak Depot):

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1 Adult Passenger—Rail Fare: $22.00 round-trip Departing: Raleigh, NC (RGH) To Greensboro, NC (GRO)
Service	Departs	Arrives	Duration	Amenities	Seats/Rooms
73 Piedmont	Raleigh, NC - (RGH) 7:05 am	Greensboro, NC - (GRO) 8:34 am	1h 29m	Checked baggage	1 Reserved Coach Seat
Returning: Greensboro, NC (GRO) To Raleigh, NC (RGH)
Service	Departs	Arrives	Duration	Amenities	Seats/Rooms
74 Piedmont	Greensboro, NC - (GRO) 7:05 pm	Raleigh, NC - (RGH) 8:40 pm	1h 35m	Checked baggage, Snack car	1 Reserved Coach Seat

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Greensbro, NC

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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
6.6	L	2.5	Regent's Park Ln (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)
13.4	L	0.3	Pleasant Ridge Rd (store) BR TRO Pleasant Ridge Rd (NOT Lewiston)
13.7	R	1.1	Stanley Huff Rd
14.8	L	3.4	Bunch Rd
18.2	L	1.5	Oak Ridge Rd (NC-150) Cross NC-68; Wendy's, Supermarkets, etc.
19.7	R	2.1	Linville Rd
21.8	L	0.2	Haw River Rd
22.0	R	2.6	Goodwill Ch Rd (Guilford) 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
33.6	R	0.0	Stokesburg Rd Cross RR Tracks
33.6	R	0.5	Main St (NC-89/US-311) Walnut Cove Restaurants, ABC Store
34.1	L	6.5	3rd St (Walnut Cove) BR becomes Piney Mountain Rd
40.6	R	0.6	NC-8
41.2	L	1.0	Flat Shoals Rd (S. Stokes VFD)
42.2	R	0.9	TRO Flat Shoals Rd
43.1	BL	4.5	TRO Flat Shoals Rd (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
48.9	BR	.	NC-66 climb through the pass between HR and Sauratown. Convenience store
At 49.4 you could turn left onto the very scenic Taylor Rd for bonus miles or to climb Sauratown
50.0	R	5.3	Moore's Spring Rd
55.3	R	-	Hanging Rock SP Rd. IF going up!
55.3	R	1.6	Moore's Spring Rd East, toward Danbury
56.9	R	5.0	NC-8/NC-89
61.9	BL	6.9	TRO NC-89 (NOT 8) joins US-311 then becomes Main St in Walnut Cove
68.8	L	0.0	Stokesburg Rd 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
77.8	L	2.6	Freeman Rd 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)
89.3	R	1.8	Carlson Dairy Rd (NOT Lewiston) (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
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