1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
2. 350 ftBear left, heading W.
3. 250 ftContinue straight onto Soccer Mom, heading W.
4. 0.2 miBear left onto Blue Balls second leg, heading W.
5. 0.3 miTurn right onto Access Trail, heading SW.
6. 200 ftSharp left onto Blue Balls, heading NW.
7. 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
8. 0.4 miTurn right onto Knuckle Buster Trail, heading S.
9. 100 ftTurn left onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading S.
10. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Monarch Trail, heading W.
11. 0.2 miBear left onto Stoner Road, heading SW.
12. 450 ftTurn right onto Huggy Bear, heading S.
13. 0.7 miSharp right onto Lawn Mower, heading E.
14. 0.3 miBear left onto Headless Hollow, heading S.
15. 50 ftBear right onto Powerline Trail, heading S.
16. 0.6 miTurn right onto Yellow Poplar, heading SE.
17. 1.3 miTurn left, heading S.
18. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Green Ash - Yellow Poplar, heading SW.
19. 0.2 miBear right onto Yellow Poplar, heading S.
20. 50 ftBear left onto Black Locust, heading S.
21. 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
22. 150 ftTurn right onto High Knob Road, heading SE.
23. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
24. 150 ftTurn left onto Black Locust, heading S.
25. 50 ftBear left onto Black - Green, heading S.
26. 50 ftReach Middletown Overlook, then turn around and head back the way you came.
27. 50 ftBear right onto Black Locust, heading S.
28. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
29. 150 ftBear left onto High Knob Road, heading S.
30. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
31. 100 ftSharp right onto Black Locust, heading S.
32. 0.2 miBear right onto Yellow Poplar, heading S.
33. 50 ftBear left onto Green Ash - Yellow Poplar, heading S.
34. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Yellow Poplar, heading S.
35. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
36. 1.3 miTurn left onto Powerline Trail, heading NW.
37. 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
38. 0.1 miBear left onto Headless Hollow, heading NW.
39. 50 ftBear right onto Powerline Trail, heading NW.
40. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Lawn Mower, heading N.
41. 250 ftSharp left onto Huggy Bear, heading N.
42. 0.7 miTurn left onto Stoner Road, heading N.
43. 450 ftBear right onto Monarch Trail, heading NW.
44. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading NW.
45. 0.6 miTurn right onto Knuckle Buster Trail, heading NE.
46. 50 ftTurn left onto Blue Balls, heading NE.
47. 0.9 miSharp right onto Access Trail, heading NE.
48. 200 ftTurn left onto Blue Balls second leg, heading NE.
49. 0.3 miBear right onto Soccer Mom, heading NE.
50. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
51. 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/blue-balls-huggy-bear-out-back-8-sights