1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
2. 500 ftTurn right, heading N.
3. 0.2 miTurn right onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading E.
4. 0.6 miSharp left onto Purgatory, heading E.
5. 0.2 miTurn right onto North Ancients- 3, heading N.
6. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
7. 0.3 miTurn left onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading SE.
8. 500 ftTurn left onto North Ancients- 2, heading NE.
9. 350 ftTurn right onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading N.
10. 100 ftTurn left onto North Ancients- 2, heading N.
11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading N.
12. 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
13. 400 ftSharp right, heading NE.
14. 0.5 miBear left onto Dyn-O-Mite!, heading S.
15. 50 ftPass Ancients Pond.
16. 250 ftBear left, heading S.
17. 450 ftBear left, heading S.
18. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
19. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
20. 450 ftReach Ancients Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
21. 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
22. 100 ftBear left, heading S.
23. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
24. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
25. 0.5 miSharp left, heading N.
26. 400 ftBear left onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading N.
27. 150 ftContinue straight onto North Ancients- 2, heading N.
28. 50 ftTurn right onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading N.
29. 100 ftTurn left onto North Ancients- 2, heading N.
30. 350 ftTurn right onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading N.
31. 500 ftTurn right, heading N.
32. 0.3 miTurn left onto North Ancients- 3, heading S.
33. 50 ftTurn left onto Purgatory, heading S.
34. 0.2 miSharp right onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading NW.
35. 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
36. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
37. 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/ancients-pond-ancients-pond-out-back-5-sights-8-km