1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
2. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Canal Trail, heading N.
3. 0.4 miTurn right onto Upper Squankum Trail, heading SE.
4. 1.2 miSharp left onto Outer Brisbane, heading N.
5. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Eagles Path, heading E.
6. 50 ftBear right onto Outer Brisbane, heading E.
7. 0.1 miBear right onto Ian's Wrath, heading E.
8. 50 ftBear left onto Outer Brisbane, heading E.
9. 150 ftContinue straight onto S Turn, heading E.
10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Outer Brisbane, heading SE.
11. 0.2 miTurn right onto Swamp Creek, heading E.
12. 0.2 miSharp right onto Twizzler, heading SE.
13. 250 ftBear left onto Mill Run, heading W.
14. 450 ftReach Brisbane Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
15. 500 ftBear right onto Twizzler, heading S.
16. 250 ftSharp left onto Swamp Creek, heading S.
17. 0.2 miTurn left onto Outer Brisbane, heading SW.
18. 0.2 miContinue straight onto S Turn, heading W.
19. 100 ftContinue straight onto Outer Brisbane, heading W.
20. 100 ftBear right onto Ian's Wrath, heading W.
21. 50 ftBear left onto Outer Brisbane, heading W.
22. 0.1 miBear left onto Eagles Path, heading W.
23. 50 ftContinue straight onto Outer Brisbane, heading W.
24. 0.4 miSharp right onto Upper Squankum Trail, heading W.
25. 1.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
26. 50 ftContinue straight onto Canal Trail, heading SW.
27. 0.6 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/brisbane-lake-brisbane-lake-out-back-3-lakes-9-km