1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
2. 0.4 miSharp right onto Old Blue Trail, heading SE.
3. 0.4 miBear left onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading E.
4. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Trail 4, heading E.
5. 0.2 miSharp right onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading W.
6. 400 ftTurn left onto Pond Access Trail, heading S.
7. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
8. 150 ftBear right, heading E.
9. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Blue Connector, heading W.
10. 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
11. 350 ftBear left, heading SE.
12. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
13. 0.2 miTurn right onto Blue Balls second leg, heading SW.
14. 0.3 miTurn right onto Access Trail, heading E.
15. 200 ftSharp left onto Blue Balls, heading S.
16. 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
17. 0.4 miTurn right onto Knuckle Buster Trail, heading S.
18. 50 ftTurn left onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading SE.
19. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Monarch Trail, heading SE.
20. 0.2 miBear left onto Stoner Road, heading SW.
21. 450 ftTurn right onto Huggy Bear, heading SW.
22. 0.7 miSharp right onto Lawn Mower, heading SW.
23. 0.3 miBear left onto Headless Hollow, heading NW.
24. 50 ftBear right onto Powerline Trail, heading NW.
25. 0.6 miTurn right onto Yellow Poplar, heading S.
26. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
27. 1.4 miSharp left, heading S.
28. 0.2 miTurn left onto Black Locust, heading S.
29. 50 ftBear right onto Yellow Poplar, heading S.
30. 0.3 miBear right onto White Oak Trail, heading E.
31. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
32. 50 ftTurn left onto Green Ash Trail, heading E.
33. 50 ftTurn right onto White Oak Trail, heading E.
34. 50 ftContinue straight onto Catoctin - Black, heading E.
35. 150 ftReach Old Blue Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
36. 150 ftContinue straight onto White Oak Trail, heading E.
37. 50 ftTurn left onto Green Ash Trail, heading E.
38. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
39. 50 ftTurn right onto White Oak Trail, heading NE.
40. 50 ftBear left onto Yellow Poplar, heading NE.
41. 0.3 miBear left onto Black Locust, heading SE.
42. 50 ftTurn right onto Yellow Poplar, heading SE.
43. 0.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
44. 1.8 miTurn left onto Powerline Trail, heading NW.
45. 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
46. 0.1 miBear left onto Headless Hollow, heading NE.
47. 50 ftBear right onto Powerline Trail, heading NE.
48. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Lawn Mower, heading NW.
49. 250 ftSharp left onto Huggy Bear, heading NW.
50. 0.7 miTurn left onto Stoner Road, heading E.
51. 450 ftBear right onto Monarch Trail, heading SE.
52. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading W.
53. 0.6 miTurn right onto Knuckle Buster Trail, heading N.
54. 100 ftTurn left onto Blue Balls, heading N.
55. 0.9 miSharp right onto Access Trail, heading NE.
56. 200 ftTurn left onto Blue Balls second leg, heading E.
57. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
58. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
59. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
60. 350 ftTurn left onto Blue Connector, heading N.
61. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
62. 200 ftBear left onto Pond Access Trail, heading N.
63. 0.1 miTurn right onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading E.
64. 400 ftSharp left onto Trail 4, heading SE.
65. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading NW.
66. 0.2 miBear right onto Old Blue Trail, heading NE.
67. 0.4 miSharp left, heading NW.
68. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/blue-balls-huggy-bear-out-back-9-sights