1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
2. 1.1 miSharp right onto Knox Trail, heading NE.
3. 0.4 miTurn left onto Bray Loop Trail, heading SW.
4. 0.4 miSharp left, heading W.
5. 0.8 miTurn left onto Keystone Trail, heading N.
6. 0.3 miTurn left onto Kay Bee Trail, heading NW.
7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Keystone Extension, heading NW.
8. 0.5 miBear right onto Quarry Trail, heading NW.
9. 0.2 miTurn right onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading NW.
10. 0.5 miBear left onto Dynamite Trail, heading NE.
11. 0.2 miSharp right onto John McCool Trail, heading NW.
12. 1 miContinue straight onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading NE.
13. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Little Mountain Loop Trail, heading W.
14. 50 ftTurn left onto Mt Tom North Accessible Trail, heading W.
15. 0.3 miReach Knox Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
16. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
17. 250 ftTurn right onto Little Mountain Loop Trail, heading N.
18. 150 ftContinue straight onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading SE.
19. 0.4 miContinue straight onto John McCool Trail, heading E.
20. 1 miSharp left onto Dynamite Trail, heading SW.
21. 0.2 miBear right onto NET/M&M Trail (white), heading SW.
22. 0.5 miTurn left onto Quarry Trail, heading SW.
23. 0.2 miBear left onto Keystone Extension, heading SW.
24. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Kay Bee Trail, heading E.
25. 50 ftTurn right onto Keystone Trail, heading E.
26. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
27. 0.8 miSharp right onto Bray Loop Trail, heading SW.
28. 0.4 miTurn right onto Knox Trail, heading SE.
29. 0.3 miSharp left, heading NE.
30. 1.1 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/john-mccool-trail-kay-bee-trail-out-back-5-sights