1. Start on Access Trail, heading NW.
2. 450 ftSharp left onto Blue Balls, heading S.
3. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
4. 0.4 miTurn right onto Knuckle Buster Trail, heading W.
5. 50 ftTurn left onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading W.
6. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Monarch Trail, heading S.
7. 0.2 miBear left onto Stoner Road, heading SW.
8. 1 miBear right, heading SE.
9. 0.1 miBear left onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading S.
10. 1.1 miBear left onto Catoctin Trail, heading W.
11. 1.2 miTurn left onto Catoctin Trail - Yellow, heading S.
12. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Catoctin Trail, heading S.
13. 0.2 miBear right onto Green - Black, heading S.
14. 450 ftReach Bootjack Spring, then turn around and head back the way you came.
15. 450 ftBear left onto Catoctin Trail, heading S.
16. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Catoctin Trail - Yellow, heading N.
17. 0.2 miTurn right onto Catoctin Trail, heading N.
18. 1.2 miBear right onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading NE.
19. 1.1 miBear right, heading E.
20. 0.1 miBear left onto Stoner Road, heading NE.
21. 1 miBear right onto Monarch Trail, heading NW.
22. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading NW.
23. 0.6 miTurn right onto Knuckle Buster Trail, heading E.
24. 100 ftTurn left onto Blue Balls, heading NW.
25. 0.9 miSharp right onto Access Trail, heading W.
26. 350 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/bootjack-spring-blue-balls-out-back-3-sights