You can do this loop. It is 90% country roads with minimal traffic. The Food Lion is a few miles off 285.

Mill Grove Rd – Brief Rd 34-Mile Loop


Mileage Instructions
0.0 Food Lion at Idlewild Rd (Secrest Short Cut Rd) and Mill Grove Mill Rd. Turn left out of side exit of Food Lion Parking lot. Head east on Mill Grove Rd.

2.4 Cross over Lawyers Rd

5.4 Cross over SR 218

7.5 Turn Right onto Brief Rd

10.5 Cross Rt 601

15.0 Turn Right onto Sikes Mill Rd

16.4 Cross Rt 218


19.6 Continue straight through the 5-point intersection (pass the Citgo)

23.8 Turn Left onto Hwy 601 (Concord Highway)

24.5 Turn Right onto Ridge Rd.

30.4 Turn Left onto Indian Trail – Fairview Rd

34.0 Turn Right onto Secrest Short Cut Rd

34.1 END – at Food Lion parking lot