1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
2. 50 ftPass Yawgoog Scout Reservation Beach.
3. 0.2 miTurn right onto Swamp Trail, heading SW.
4. 50 ftPass Old Baldy.
5. 50 ftPass Wincheck Pond.
6. 0.3 miPass No Bottom Point.
7. 50 ftPass Yawgoog Pond.
8. 50 ftPass Yawgoog Scout Reservation Beach.
9. 0.2 miPass Southwest Passage.
10. 50 ftPass Lucie's Carpet.
11. 150 ftContinue straight onto Eagle Trail (Red), heading S.
12. 50 ftBear right onto Round the Pond Trail (Yellow), heading S.
13. 0.1 miTurn right onto Aline Buxton Trail (Yellow), heading SW.
14. 50 ftBear left onto Round the Pond Trail (Yellow), heading SW.
15. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Wojack Trail (Green), heading SW.
16. 50 ftBear right onto Round the Pond Trail (Yellow), heading SW.
17. 100 ftPass Armstrong's Point.
18. 50 ftPass The Cut.
19. 450 ftPass The Shallows.
20. 0.2 miBear right onto Death Valley Trail (Green), heading W.
21. 50 ftBear left onto Round the Pond Trail (Yellow), heading W.
22. 350 ftReach Armstrong's Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
23. 350 ftBear right onto Death Valley Trail (Green), heading N.
24. 50 ftBear left onto Round the Pond Trail (Yellow), heading NW.
25. 0.3 miBear left onto Wojack Trail (Green), heading SE.
26. 50 ftContinue straight onto Round the Pond Trail (Yellow), heading SE.
27. 0.2 miBear right onto Aline Buxton Trail (Yellow), heading S.
28. 50 ftTurn left onto Round the Pond Trail (Yellow), heading S.
29. 0.1 miBear left onto Eagle Trail (Red), heading NE.
30. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
31. 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/hidden-lake-the-shallows-out-back-16-lakes-6-km-91e9