1. Start on Purple Trail, heading SE.
2. 150 ftContinue straight onto Purple / Black Dot Trail, heading SE.
3. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
4. 100 ftContinue straight onto Purple Trail, heading E.
5. 0.8 miBear left, heading NE.
6. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
7. 150 ftBear right, heading N.
8. 350 ftSharp left, heading E.
9. 50 ftBear right onto White / Green Dot Trail, heading E.
10. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Rachel Carson Trail, heading E.
11. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
12. 0.3 miBear left onto Blue Trail, heading E.
13. 450 ftBear left onto Old White / Red Dot Trail, heading SE.
14. 200 ftBear right onto Blue Trail, heading E.
15. 0.1 miBear left onto White / Brown Dot Trail, heading SE.
16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Blue Trail, heading SE.
17. 100 ftBear right onto White Trail, heading SE.
18. 50 ftSharp left, heading SE.
19. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Contour Trail, heading S.
20. 50 ftReach Purple Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
21. 0.1 miSharp right onto White Trail, heading NE.
22. 50 ftBear left onto Blue Trail, heading SE.
23. 50 ftContinue straight onto White / Brown Dot Trail, heading SE.
24. 50 ftBear right onto Blue Trail, heading SE.
25. 0.1 miBear left onto Old White / Red Dot Trail, heading N.
26. 200 ftBear right onto Blue Trail, heading S.
27. 450 ftBear right onto Rachel Carson Trail, heading S.
28. 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
29. 0.2 miContinue straight onto White / Green Dot Trail, heading W.
30. 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
31. 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
32. 300 ftBear left, heading NW.
33. 200 ftTurn right, heading S.
34. 0.1 miBear right onto Purple Trail, heading NW.
35. 0.8 miTurn right onto Purple / Black Dot Trail, heading NE.
36. 50 ftContinue straight onto Purple Trail, heading NE.
37. 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/contour-trail-purple-trail-out-back-3-sights-8-km