1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
2. 500 ftContinue straight onto Homestead Trail (blue blazed), heading E.
3. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
4. 300 ftBear left, heading S.
5. 50 ftTurn right onto Henry's Woods Trail (orange blazed), heading S.
6. 0.7 miSharp left onto Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed), heading SE.
7. 1.2 miBear right onto Sober's Run Connector Trail (yellow/green blazed), heading N.
8. 0.8 miBear right onto Sober's Run Main Loop Trail (green blazed), heading S.
9. 0.4 miTurn right onto Bushkill Township Trail, heading NW.
10. 1.9 miTurn right, heading N.
11. 0.2 miSharp left onto Ballas Trail, heading E.
12. 0.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
13. 0.1 miReach Ballas Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
14. 0.4 miSharp right, heading SW.
15. 0.2 miTurn left onto Bushkill Township Trail, heading N.
16. 1.9 miTurn left onto Sober's Run Main Loop Trail (green blazed), heading S.
17. 0.4 miBear left onto Sober's Run Connector Trail (yellow/green blazed), heading SE.
18. 0.8 miBear left onto Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed), heading E.
19. 1.2 miSharp right onto Henry's Woods Trail (orange blazed), heading S.
20. 0.7 miTurn left, heading W.
21. 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
22. 250 ftTurn left onto Homestead Trail (blue blazed), heading SW.
23. 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
24. 0.2 miArrive 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/ballas-viewpoint-bushkill-township-trail-out-back-5-sights-19-km