1. Start on Dump Loop, heading SW.
2. 0.2 miPass The Basin.
3. 0.1 miBear right onto Gated Cmmunity, heading E.
4. 150 ftTurn left onto Around the Block, heading NE.
5. 50 ftTurn right onto Back Accessed, heading NE.
6. 450 ftPass UpperPond.
7. 50 ftTurn right onto Pine Trail, heading NE.
8. 0.4 miBear left onto Town Forest Trail, heading NE.
9. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
10. 200 ftContinue straight onto Run for the Border, heading NE.
11. 0.2 miBear right onto Dark Side of the Sun, heading N.
12. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
13. 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
14. 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
15. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
16. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
17. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
18. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
19. 0.3 miSharp left, heading W.
20. 250 ftReach Clay Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
21. 250 ftSharp right, heading S.
22. 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
23. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
24. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
25. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
26. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
27. 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
28. 0.1 miBear left onto Run for the Border, heading S.
29. 0.2 miTurn right onto Town Forest Trail, heading S.
30. 0.2 miBear right onto Pine Trail, heading S.
31. 0.4 miTurn left onto Back Accessed, heading SW.
32. 450 ftTurn left onto Around the Block, heading SW.
33. 50 ftTurn right onto Gated Cmmunity, heading SW.
34. 150 ftBear left onto Dump Loop, heading SW.
35. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/clay-pond-clay-pond-out-back-8-lakes-8-km-9df0