1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
2. 200 ftTurn left, heading NW.
3. 0.3 miTurn right onto Parmenter Street, heading W.
4. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Brook Road, heading W.
5. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
6. 50 ftBear left onto Parmenter Street, heading W.
7. 0.5 miSharp right onto Fenton Road, heading SW.
8. 50 ftPass Rocky Pond.
9. 0.2 miTurn left onto Rocky Pond Trail, heading NW.
10. 0.8 miPass Leominster State Forest Beach.
11. 250 ftBear right, heading W.
12. 0.3 miPass Upper Crow Hill Pond.
13. 50 ftPass Leominster State Forest Beach.
14. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
15. 50 ftContinue straight onto Wolf Rock Trail, heading SW.
16. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
17. 50 ftPass Lower Crow Hill Pond.
18. 0.2 miPass Midstate Viewpoint.
19. 300 ftPass Crow Hill Ledges.
20. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
21. 200 ftBear right, heading N.
22. 100 ftBear left onto Midstate Trail, heading NW.
23. 1.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
24. 0.1 miPass Glacial Boulder.
25. 0.1 miPass Redemption Rock.
26. 1.1 miTurn left, heading W.
27. 400 ftTurn left, heading NW.
28. 250 ftTurn right onto Balance Rock Trail, heading NW.
29. 0.2 miPass Balance Rock.
30. 450 ftBear right onto Balance Rock Road, heading NW.
31. 50 ftTurn left onto Old Indian Trail, heading W.
32. 0.2 miBear right onto Semuhenna Trail, heading W.
33. 0.5 miTurn left onto West Side Trail, heading SW.
34. 0.2 miSharp right onto Old Indian Trail, heading S.
35. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
36. 50 ftReach Mount Wachusett, then turn around and head back the way you came.
37. 0.4 miSharp left onto West Side Trail, heading SE.
38. 0.2 miTurn right onto Semuhenna Trail, heading N.
39. 0.5 miBear left onto Old Indian Trail, heading N.
40. 0.2 miTurn right onto Balance Rock Road, heading NE.
41. 50 ftBear left onto Balance Rock Trail, heading NE.
42. 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
43. 400 ftTurn right onto Midstate Trail, heading N.
44. 2.5 miBear right, heading NE.
45. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
46. 200 ftBear left onto Crow Hill Trail, heading NE.
47. 0.3 miTurn left onto Wolf Rock Trail, heading NE.
48. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
49. 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
50. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Rocky Pond Trail, heading NW.
51. 0.6 miTurn right onto Fenton Road, heading E.
52. 0.2 miSharp left onto Parmenter Street, heading SE.
53. 0.5 miBear right, heading E.
54. 50 ftTurn left onto Brook Road, heading E.
55. 250 ftContinue straight onto Parmenter Street, heading SE.
56. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
57. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
58. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/balance-rock-harrington-mid-state-viewpoint-out-back-17-rocks-18-km