1. Start on Alger Street, heading SW.
2. 50 ftPass Lake Dennison Picnic & Swim Area.
3. 50 ftPass Birch Hill Reservoir Area Beach.
4. 0.2 miPass Lake Dennison.
5. 50 ftTurn left onto Wilder-McKenzie Trail, heading S.
6. 0.5 miBear right onto Main Street, heading SW.
7. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
8. 450 ftBear right onto New Boston Road, heading W.
9. 0.1 miTurn right onto Boston and Maine Railroad Alignment (1874-1940), heading NW.
10. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
11. 1.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
12. 1.1 miPass Otter River.
13. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
14. 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
15. 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
16. 250 ftReach Lake Dennison, then turn around and head back the way you came.
17. 250 ftSharp right, heading NE.
18. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
19. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
20. 1.1 miTurn left onto Elm Street, heading N.
21. 1.1 miTurn right onto Boston and Maine Railroad Alignment (1874-1940), heading NE.
22. 0.2 miTurn left onto New Boston Road, heading N.
23. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
24. 450 ftTurn left onto Main Street, heading SE.
25. 0.3 miBear left onto Wilder-McKenzie Trail, heading NE.
26. 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
27. 350 ftContinue straight onto Alger Street, heading W.
28. 150 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/lake-dennison-otter-river-out-back-6-beaches