1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
2. 0.6 miTurn right onto Bent Creek Trail, heading SW.
3. 0.9 miPass Lake Powhatan Beach.
4. 50 ftBear right onto Hardtimes Road, heading W.
5. 300 ftTurn left, heading W.
6. 0.1 miSharp right, heading SW.
7. 50 ftPass Lake Powhatan.
8. 0.3 miTurn left onto Wesley Branch Road, heading SW.
9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Homestead Trail, heading SW.
10. 50 ftBear right onto Wesley Branch Road, heading SW.
11. 450 ftBear right onto Pine Tree Loop, heading SW.
12. 0.5 miSharp left onto Stairs (Lower), heading SE.
13. 250 ftTurn right onto Stairs (Upper), heading SW.
14. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Grassy Knob Trail, heading NE.
15. 0.3 miReach Grassy Knob, then turn around and head back the way you came.
16. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Stairs (Upper), heading N.
17. 0.4 miTurn left onto Stairs (Lower), heading SW.
18. 250 ftSharp right onto Pine Tree Loop, heading S.
19. 0.5 miBear left onto Wesley Branch Road, heading N.
20. 450 ftBear left onto Homestead Trail, heading NE.
21. 50 ftContinue straight onto Wesley Branch Road, heading NE.
22. 50 ftTurn right onto Homestead Trail, heading NE.
23. 0.3 miSharp left, heading NE.
24. 0.1 miTurn right onto Hardtimes Road, heading E.
25. 300 ftBear left onto Bent Creek Trail, heading NE.
26. 0.9 miTurn left, heading N.
27. 0.5 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/grassy-knob-lake-powhatan-out-back-8-sights