1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
2. 50 ftPass Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.
3. 50 ftTurn left onto Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Trail, heading W.
4. 2.2 miContinue straight onto Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Towpath, heading NW.
5. 50 ftPass Lock 22: Pennyfield Lock.
6. 50 ftPass Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.
7. 1.7 miPass Paw Paw Viewpoint.
8. 50 ftTurn right onto Paw Paw Trail, heading NE.
9. 0.3 miTurn right onto Calithea Trail, heading SE.
10. 150 ftSharp left onto Blockhouse Trail, heading N.
11. 0.3 miBear right onto Turkey Fan Trail, heading NE.
12. 0.1 miTurn left onto Upland Woods Trail, heading NE.
13. 0.1 miSharp right onto Old South River Road Trail, heading NE.
14. 0.3 miSharp left onto Muddy Branch Greenway Trail, heading SE.
15. 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
16. 50 ftReach Paw Paw Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
17. 200 ftSharp right onto Old South River Road Trail, heading NE.
18. 0.3 miSharp left onto Upland Woods Trail, heading NW.
19. 0.1 miTurn right onto Turkey Fan Trail, heading SW.
20. 0.1 miBear left onto Blockhouse Trail, heading SW.
21. 0.3 miSharp right onto Calithea Trail, heading S.
22. 100 ftTurn left onto Paw Paw Trail, heading S.
23. 0.3 miTurn left onto Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Towpath, heading S.
24. 1.7 miContinue straight onto Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Trail, heading SE.
25. 2.2 miTurn right, heading E.
26. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/lock-island-paw-paw-viewpoint-out-back-14-lakes