1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
2. 0.1 miTurn left onto Yellow Poplar, heading SE.
3. 300 ftBear left, heading SE.
4. 0.1 miTurn right onto Catoctin Trail - Yellow, heading NE.
5. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Catoctin Trail, heading S.
6. 50 ftBear right onto Yellow Poplar Trail, heading S.
7. 0.5 miTurn right onto Black/Yellow, heading S.
8. 250 ftSharp left, heading S.
9. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
10. 0.1 miBear left onto Green Ash - Yellow Poplar, heading SW.
11. 0.2 miBear right onto Yellow Poplar, heading S.
12. 50 ftBear left onto Black Locust, heading S.
13. 0.2 miPass Middletown Overlook.
14. 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
15. 150 ftTurn right onto High Knob Road, heading S.
16. 200 ftReach High Knob, then turn around and head back the way you came.
17. 200 ftTurn left, heading S.
18. 150 ftSharp right onto Black Locust, heading S.
19. 0.2 miBear right onto Yellow Poplar, heading SW.
20. 50 ftBear left onto Green Ash - Yellow Poplar, heading SW.
21. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
22. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
23. 50 ftSharp right onto Black/Yellow, heading N.
24. 250 ftTurn left onto Yellow Poplar Trail, heading NW.
25. 0.5 miBear left onto Catoctin Trail, heading N.
26. 50 ftContinue straight onto Catoctin Trail - Yellow, heading N.
27. 0.2 miTurn left onto Yellow Poplar, heading N.
28. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
29. 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/high-knob-middletown-overlook-out-back-4-sights