1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
2. 50 ftPass Boone Lake.
3. 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
4. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
5. 0.7 miTurn right, heading NW.
6. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
7. 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
8. 0.4 miTurn right onto Bliven Trail, heading N.
9. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
10. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
11. 0.2 miContinue straight onto J.B. Hudson trail, heading S.
12. 450 ftBear right onto Shelter trail, heading SW.
13. 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
14. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
15. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
16. 250 ftTurn left onto Plain Road, heading NW.
17. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
18. 350 ftBear right, heading S.
19. 0.2 miTurn left onto Midway Rail, heading SW.
20. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Midway Railroad, heading S.
21. 350 ftBear left onto North South Trail, heading S.
22. 0.9 miTurn left onto Mt. Tom Trail, heading E.
23. 0.3 miTurn left onto Arcadia trail, heading E.
24. 0.1 miReach Boone Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
25. 0.1 miTurn right onto Mt. Tom Trail, heading N.
26. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
27. 0.5 miContinue straight onto North South Trail, heading W.
28. 0.3 miBear right onto Midway Railroad, heading N.
29. 300 ftContinue straight onto Midway Rail, heading W.
30. 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
31. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
32. 350 ftTurn right onto Plain Road, heading N.
33. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
34. 250 ftBear right, heading NE.
35. 0.1 miTurn left onto Shelter Trail, heading N.
36. 0.9 miBear left onto J.B. Hudson trail, heading SE.
37. 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
38. 0.2 miTurn right onto Bliven Trail, heading N.
39. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
40. 0.4 miSharp right, heading S.
41. 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
42. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
43. 0.7 miTurn right, heading SE.
44. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
45. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/boone-lake-boone-lake-out-back-5-sights