1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
2. 100 ftBear right, heading N.
3. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
4. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
6. 0.2 miTurn right onto Meadowlark Trail, heading SE.
7. 0.1 miPass Herrick Lake.
8. 150 ftBear right onto Lake Trail, heading W.
9. 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Danada-Herrick Lake Regional Trail, heading NW.
11. 0.9 miPass East Pond.
12. 50 ftPass Front Pond.
13. 350 ftTurn right onto Illinois Prairie Path Aurora Branch, heading W.
14. 500 ftBear left, heading W.
15. 350 ftBear right, heading W.
16. 0.1 miPass Wood Duck Pond.
17. 350 ftSharp right onto St. James Farm Bike Trail, heading N.
18. 400 ftReach Herrick Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
19. 350 ftSharp left, heading N.
20. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
21. 350 ftBear right, heading N.
22. 400 ftContinue straight onto Illinois Prairie Path Aurora Branch, heading W.
23. 100 ftTurn left onto Danada-Herrick Lake Regional Trail, heading E.
24. 1 miBear left onto Lake Trail, heading E.
25. 0.2 miBear left onto Meadowlark Trail, heading SE.
26. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
27. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
28. 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
29. 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
30. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
31. 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/herrick-lake-front-pond-out-back-8-lakes-7-km