1. Start on Mass Central Rail Trail, heading SW.
2. 50 ftPass Thayer Pond.
3. 2.3 miPass Whitehall Pond.
4. 50 ftPass Long Pond.
5. 0.4 miSharp left onto Midstate Trail, heading S.
6. 1.9 miBear right, heading S.
7. 1.6 miTurn left onto Midstate Trail/Corridor 71, heading W.
8. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Midstate Trail, heading SE.
9. 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
10. 150 ftPass Sampson's Pebble.
11. 150 ftContinue straight onto Corridor 71, heading SE.
12. 100 ftContinue straight onto Midstate Trail, heading SE.
13. 0.5 miTurn right onto Midstate Trail/Corridor 71, heading SE.
14. 0.1 miReach Sampson's Pebble, then turn around and head back the way you came.
15. 0.1 miTurn left onto Midstate Trail, heading S.
16. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Corridor 71, heading NW.
17. 100 ftContinue straight onto Midstate Trail, heading NW.
18. 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
19. 200 ftContinue straight onto Midstate Trail/Corridor 71, heading NW.
20. 0.9 miTurn right onto Midstate Trail, heading NW.
21. 1.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
22. 2 miSharp right onto Mass Central Rail Trail, heading NW.
23. 2.6 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/browning-pond-browning-pond-out-back-22-km