1. Start on Woodland Trail, heading SW.
2. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
3. 150 ftTurn right onto Summit Trail, heading S.
4. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Indians Double Track, heading SW.
5. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
6. 0.3 miPass Ancients Pond.
7. 50 ftTurn right onto Dyn-O-Mite!, heading SW.
8. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
9. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
10. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
11. 0.5 miSharp left, heading N.
12. 450 ftBear left onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading W.
13. 100 ftContinue straight onto North Ancients- 2, heading NW.
14. 50 ftTurn right onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading NW.
15. 50 ftBear right onto North Ancients- 3, heading NW.
16. 0.6 miReach Beech Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
17. 0.6 miBear left onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading SE.
18. 100 ftTurn left onto North Ancients- 2, heading SE.
19. 50 ftContinue straight onto Beech Mountain-Clove Trail, heading SE.
20. 100 ftBear right, heading S.
21. 450 ftSharp right, heading SW.
22. 0.5 miBear left onto Dyn-O-Mite!, heading S.
23. 300 ftBear left, heading S.
24. 450 ftBear left, heading S.
25. 200 ftTurn left, heading S.
26. 0.3 miBear left onto Indians Double Track, heading N.
27. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Summit Trail, heading N.
28. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
29. 150 ftTurn right onto Woodland Trail, heading N.
30. 0.4 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/beech-mountain-ancients-pond-out-back-6-sights-8-km