1. Start on Horsford Road, heading S.
2. 50 ftPass High Rock Pond.
3. 50 ftPass Needham Town Forest.
4. 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
5. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
6. 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
7. 100 ftTurn left onto Yellow Trail, heading SW.
8. 250 ftBear left, heading W.
9. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
10. 150 ftBear right onto Blue Trail, heading S.
11. 200 ftTurn left, heading S.
12. 100 ftTurn right onto Bay Colony Rail Trail, heading SW.
13. 0.8 miPass Charles River Reservoir.
14. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
15. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
16. 0.2 miReach Needham Town Forest, then turn around and head back the way you came.
17. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
18. 1.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
19. 100 ftTurn right onto Blue Trail, heading NE.
20. 200 ftBear left, heading NE.
21. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
22. 250 ftBear right onto Yellow Trail, heading NE.
23. 250 ftTurn right onto Horsford Road, heading NE.
24. 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
25. 300 ftTurn right, heading NW.
26. 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/high-rock-pond-charles-river-reservoir-out-back-3-lakes-4-km-9914