1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
2. 0.2 miSharp left onto Blue Balls second leg, heading SW.
3. 0.3 miTurn right onto Access Trail, heading NW.
4. 200 ftSharp left onto Blue Balls, heading S.
5. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
6. 0.4 miTurn right onto Knuckle Buster Trail, heading SW.
7. 50 ftTurn left onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading W.
8. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Monarch Trail, heading SE.
9. 0.2 miBear left onto Stoner Road, heading SW.
10. 1 miBear right, heading SE.
11. 0.1 miBear left onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading SE.
12. 1.1 miBear left onto Catoctin Trail, heading SW.
13. 1.2 miTurn left onto Catoctin Trail - Yellow, heading S.
14. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Catoctin Trail, heading SE.
15. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Catoctin - Black - Green, heading S.
16. 0.5 miReach Blue Balls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
17. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Catoctin Trail, heading N.
18. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Catoctin Trail - Yellow, heading N.
19. 0.2 miTurn right onto Catoctin Trail, heading NW.
20. 1.2 miBear right onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading E.
21. 1.1 miBear right, heading E.
22. 0.1 miBear left onto Stoner Road, heading NE.
23. 1 miBear right onto Monarch Trail, heading NW.
24. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading NW.
25. 0.6 miTurn right onto Knuckle Buster Trail, heading E.
26. 50 ftTurn left onto Blue Balls, heading E.
27. 0.9 miSharp right onto Access Trail, heading W.
28. 200 ftTurn left onto Blue Balls second leg, heading W.
29. 0.3 miSharp right, heading E.
30. 0.1 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/blue-balls-catoctin-black-green-out-back-3-sights