1. Start on Weant Drive, heading E.
2. 150 ftSharp left onto Bootlegger Trail, heading NW.
3. 350 ftBear right, heading NW.
4. 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
5. 0.6 miPass Carper's Pond.
6. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading N.
7. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
8. 1.7 miBear left onto DCWA, heading NW.
9. 350 ftBear right onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading NW.
10. 2.2 miTurn left, heading W.
11. 450 ftTurn right onto Green Trail, South, heading W.
12. 0.7 miTurn right onto Red Trail, heading W.
13. 250 ftTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading W.
14. 250 ftReach Carper's Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
15. 250 ftTurn right onto Red Trail, heading SW.
16. 250 ftTurn left onto Green Trail, South, heading W.
17. 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
18. 450 ftTurn right onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading NE.
19. 1.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
20. 1.1 miBear left onto DCWA, heading E.
21. 300 ftBear right onto Potomac Heritage Trail, heading SE.
22. 1.7 miTurn right, heading E.
23. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bootlegger Trail, heading S.
24. 0.7 miBear right, heading S.
25. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
26. 350 ftSharp right onto Weant Drive, heading SW.
27. 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/carpers-pond-carpers-pond-out-back-7-sights-via-potomac-heritage-trail