My experience on the trail is on weekday evenings, so the trail population may be very different on a weekend day.

To avoid the high jogger, walker, skater population I would suggest a start at Seaboard Road. There is a small park there with toilets. The ride west will be a little busy through the Rambo Trailhead, but then will thin out as you head into Paulding Forest. There is a very high trestle over Pumpkinvine Creek and about 11 miles out a tunnel with lights. Past the tunnel is the Coots Lake area. This would be a good destination, but only about 25-26 mile round trip. You can always continue on to Rockmart where you may find a restaurant for lunch.

There are very few road crossings on this stretch, many of them are underpasses. If you are birdwatchers bring your binoculars. The woods are full of warblers these days.

The park at Seaboard road is just just south of US 278.

Enjoy! Its a beautiful ride!