1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
2. 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
3. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
4. 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
5. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
6. 200 ftBear left, heading E.
7. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
8. 200 ftTurn right, heading SE.
9. 50 ftTurn left onto Charter Oak Greenway, heading E.
10. 0.8 miTurn left, heading E.
11. 0.9 miPass Upper Case Pond.
12. 400 ftTurn left, heading E.
13. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
14. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
15. 0.1 miBear left onto Carriage Path, heading E.
16. 0.4 miSharp right, heading S.
17. 500 ftBear left, heading S.
18. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
19. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
20. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
21. 50 ftPass Birch Mountain.
22. 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
23. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
24. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
25. 450 ftBear right, heading S.
26. 50 ftReach Birch Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
27. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
28. 500 ftTurn left, heading S.
29. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
30. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
31. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
32. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
33. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
34. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
35. 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
36. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
37. 50 ftBear right onto Charter Oak Greenway, heading N.
38. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
39. 1.8 miTurn right, heading W.
40. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
41. 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
42. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
43. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
44. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
45. 200 ftBear left, heading W.
46. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
47. 50 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/birch-mountain-out-back-86d8