1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
2. 100 ftContinue straight onto Yellow, heading W.
3. 350 ftContinue straight onto Green Top Loop, heading W.
4. 0.4 miTurn right onto Yellow, heading N.
5. 0.2 miPass Eastern Branch Reservoir.
6. 0.2 miPass Eastern Branch Reservoir.
7. 50 ftPass Buttermilk Falls.
8. 400 ftTurn left, heading N.
9. 150 ftTurn left onto Orange, heading NE.
10. 0.6 miPass Washington Valley Reservoir.
11. 450 ftContinue straight onto White, heading NW.
12. 0.3 miPass Washington Valley Reservoir.
13. 0.5 miTurn left onto Coney Island, heading NW.
14. 50 ftBear right onto White, heading NW.
15. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
16. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
17. 250 ftTurn right onto Red, heading SW.
18. 0.6 miReach Buttermilk Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
19. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
20. 50 ftBear left onto White, heading NW.
21. 0.2 miBear left onto Coney Island, heading N.
22. 50 ftTurn right onto White, heading N.
23. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Orange, heading SE.
24. 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
25. 150 ftTurn right onto Yellow, heading S.
26. 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
27. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
28. 0.3 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/buttermilk-falls-washington-valley-reservoir-out-back-7-lakes-10-km