1. Start on Potomac Heritage Trail, heading E.
2. 0.4 miPass Carper's Pond.
3. 250 ftContinue straight onto Bootlegger Trail, heading SW.
4. 0.7 miBear right, heading W.
5. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
6. 350 ftSharp right onto Weant Drive, heading SE.
7. 150 ftTurn left onto Bootlegger Trail, heading SE.
8. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bliss Road & Bootlegger Trail, heading SW.
9. 0.1 miBear right onto Bliss Road, heading W.
10. 0.2 miTurn right onto Riverbend Road Trail, heading S.
11. 0.4 miReach Carper's Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
12. 0.4 miTurn left onto Bliss Road, heading SE.
13. 0.2 miBear left onto Bliss Road & Bootlegger Trail, heading E.
14. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bootlegger Trail, heading N.
15. 0.2 miTurn right onto Weant Drive, heading N.
16. 150 ftSharp left onto Bootlegger Trail, heading N.
17. 350 ftBear right, heading N.
18. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
19. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading N.
20. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/carpers-pond-carpers-pond-out-back-4-sights-via-bootlegger-trail