1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
2. 150 ftBear right onto Friends Loop Trail (Orange), heading E.
3. 0.3 miTurn left onto Rock and Roll, heading E.
4. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Group Camp, heading SE.
5. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
6. 400 ftTurn left onto Lichen Garden, heading S.
7. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Friends Trail (Yellow), heading SW.
8. 0.3 miBear left onto Friends (Yellow) Downhill, heading SE.
9. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
10. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
11. 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
12. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Wares Waldo East, heading S.
13. 0.1 miSharp right onto Wares Waldo West, heading NW.
14. 50 ftTurn left onto Wares Waldo East, heading W.
15. 50 ftReach Rock and Roll, then turn around and head back the way you came.
16. 100 ftTurn right onto Wares Waldo West, heading N.
17. 50 ftSharp left onto Wares Waldo East, heading NW.
18. 0.3 miSharp right, heading N.
19. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
20. 0.4 miTurn left onto Friends (Yellow) Downhill, heading NE.
21. 0.3 miBear right onto Friends Trail (Yellow), heading NE.
22. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Lichen Garden, heading NE.
23. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
24. 400 ftTurn left onto Group Camp, heading N.
25. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Rock and Roll, heading N.
26. 0.3 miTurn right onto Friends Loop Trail (Orange), heading NW.
27. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
28. 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/friends-loop-trail-orange-lichen-garden-out-back-4-sights-9-km-d2d4