I’d been hearing about the TN Dirt Devil route for a while, but I’d never gotten around to actually ordering a map and seeing what it’s all about…until now. The Dirt Devil is a carefully plotted system of public roads in western Middle Tennessee (near Leiper’s Fork and the Natchez Trace Pkwy). The official printed map of the route is available from tndirtdevil.com, and costs $22.50 at the time of this post. I studied the printed map, and then created my own GPX track to follow on this ride. I didn’t even try to cover all of the roads that are part of the Dirt Devil, but still felt like I had a full day’s ride.

This was a fun ride along some backroads in Cannon County, TN. Round trip for me ended up being about 120 miles. Good thing the KLR fuel tank is roomy. The roads along the route are primarily rough asphalt, with some of the standard countryside roadway hazards. However, a good portion of the route is hard packed gravel. If I’m bragging, there were two ‘creek crossings’. If I’m telling another rider the truth, there were two places with some flowing water over the road surface.