1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
2. 50 ftTurn left onto Dallas Highway Trail, heading E.
3. 300 ftBear right, heading E.
4. 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
5. 0.5 miPass Mud Creek Lake.
6. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
7. 0.3 miPass Browns Lake.
8. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
9. 50 ftSharp left, heading SE.
10. 0.9 miBear right, heading E.
11. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
12. 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
13. 400 ftTurn left, heading E.
14. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
15. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
16. 0.9 miContinue straight onto North Loop/Dallas Highway Multi-Use Connector Trail, heading E.
17. 0.2 miPass Stokes Lake.
18. 250 ftTurn right onto Old John Ward Road, heading E.
19. 400 ftTurn left onto Old John Ward Connector Trail, heading E.
20. 0.1 miTurn left onto Cease Fire Trail, heading E.
21. 0.1 miBear right onto North Loop/Dallas Highway Multi-Use Connector Trail, heading S.
22. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
23. 50 ftReach Browns Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
24. 150 ftBear left onto Cease Fire Trail, heading E.
25. 0.1 miTurn right onto Old John Ward Connector Trail, heading NE.
26. 0.1 miTurn right onto Old John Ward Road, heading NE.
27. 350 ftTurn left onto North Loop/Dallas Highway Multi-Use Connector Trail, heading SW.
28. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Dallas Highway Trail, heading W.
29. 0.9 miTurn right, heading W.
30. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
31. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
32. 450 ftSharp right, heading W.
33. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
34. 0.9 miTurn left, heading NW.
35. 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
36. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
37. 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
38. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
39. 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
40. 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
41. 50 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/browns-lake-stokes-lake-out-back-8-sights-12-km-85b4