1. Start on Paint Creek Trail (ext), heading NW.
2. 0.4 miSharp left onto Paint Mountain Trail, heading SW.
3. 2.9 miPass Lone Pine Gap.
4. 50 ftTurn right onto Paint Mountain Road, heading W.
5. 50 ftSharp left onto Paint Mountain Trail, heading W.
6. 1.7 miBear right onto Cummins Branch Road, heading SW.
7. 50 ftBear left onto Paint Mountain Trail, heading SW.
8. 0.2 miTurn left onto Chimney Rocks Trail, heading SW.
9. 2.4 miReach Paint Creek Trail (ext), then turn around and head back the way you came.
10. 2.4 miTurn right onto Paint Mountain Trail, heading NW.
11. 0.2 miBear right onto Cummins Branch Road, heading N.
12. 50 ftBear left onto Paint Mountain Trail, heading N.
13. 1.7 miSharp right onto Paint Mountain Road, heading S.
14. 50 ftTurn left onto Paint Mountain Trail, heading S.
15. 3 miSharp right onto Paint Creek Trail (ext), heading NE.
16. 0.4 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/chimney-rocks-trail-out-back-b620