1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
2. 50 ftPass Lake Nirvana.
3. 50 ftPass Lake Placid.
4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Main Street Shared Use Path, heading NE.
5. 0.1 miPass Inspiration Lake.
6. 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
7. 450 ftTurn left, heading SE.
8. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
9. 0.2 miPass Lake Lynette.
10. 300 ftPass Inspiration Lake.
11. 100 ftPass Lake Helene.
12. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
13. 1 miBear left onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading SE.
14. 0.7 miBear right onto Lowline, heading W.
15. 0.2 miTurn right onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading W.
16. 0.8 miTurn right onto Creekside Connector, heading E.
17. 350 ftTurn left onto Creekside Hill, heading S.
18. 400 ftTurn left onto Lowline, heading S.
19. 450 ftContinue straight onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading SW.
20. 50 ftReach Lake Placid, then turn around and head back the way you came.
21. 50 ftBear right onto Lowline, heading W.
22. 450 ftTurn right onto Creekside Hill, heading W.
23. 400 ftTurn right onto Creekside Connector, heading S.
24. 350 ftTurn left onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading SW.
25. 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
26. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lowline, heading N.
27. 0.2 miBear left onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading W.
28. 0.7 miBear right, heading E.
29. 1 miTurn right, heading NW.
30. 0.5 miTurn right onto Main Street Shared Use Path, heading NW.
31. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
32. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/lake-placid-inspiration-lake-out-back-11-lakes-12-km-9e13