Haha, yes this is what i meant. Some of the backroads are actually paths going through somebody’s fields and backyards 😀
Another useful and less crazy option i recently found is Strava Route Builder. You need a paid Strava subscription to use this feature though.
You can build your own route, by just giving a general direction you want. It will then build a specific route using heatmaps created by cyclists using Strava. The end result is you have a good route, which has surely been ridden by some cyclist or the other. So you never find yourself staring down the barrel of a sentry’s gun!