1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
2. 50 ftPass Echo Lake.
3. 0.9 miSharp left onto Upper Charles Trail, heading N.
4. 250 ftTurn right onto Milford Byway, heading E.
5. 150 ftBear left onto Better Than The Fire Road Climb, heading NE.
6. 250 ftContinue straight onto Hob Knob, heading E.
7. 250 ftBear left onto Hob Knob Connector, heading S.
8. 50 ftTurn right onto Milford Byway, heading S.
9. 250 ftContinue straight onto Highway Connector, heading SE.
10. 50 ftTurn left onto Milford Byway, heading E.
11. 0.4 miBear left onto Holliston Highway, heading E.
12. 0.2 miTurn right onto Deer Way, heading E.
13. 0.2 miSharp left onto Town Forest Road, heading SE.
14. 450 ftTurn right onto Tonto, heading SW.
15. 0.2 miSharp left onto Oit Stop, heading S.
16. 50 ftBear right onto Tonto, heading S.
17. 250 ftSharp left onto The Main Trail, heading SE.
18. 0.3 miReach Chattering Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
19. 0.3 miSharp right onto Tonto, heading NW.
20. 250 ftBear left onto Oit Stop, heading N.
21. 50 ftSharp right onto Tonto, heading N.
22. 0.2 miTurn left onto Town Forest Road, heading E.
23. 450 ftSharp right onto Deer Way, heading N.
24. 0.2 miTurn left onto Holliston Highway, heading SW.
25. 0.2 miBear right onto Milford Byway, heading NW.
26. 0.4 miTurn right onto Highway Connector, heading N.
27. 50 ftContinue straight onto Milford Byway, heading N.
28. 300 ftTurn left onto Hob Knob Connector, heading NW.
29. 50 ftBear right onto Hob Knob, heading NW.
30. 250 ftContinue straight onto Better Than The Fire Road Climb, heading NW.
31. 200 ftBear right onto Milford Byway, heading W.
32. 200 ftTurn left onto Upper Charles Trail, heading NW.
33. 250 ftSharp right, heading W.
34. 0.8 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/echo-lake-out-back-via-town-forest-road