1. Start on Columbia Trail, heading SW.
2. 2.8 miTurn right onto Patriots' Path, heading NW.
3. 0.6 miSharp left onto Falling Waters Trail, heading NE.
4. 0.4 miPass Lake George.
5. 400 ftBear right, heading NW.
6. 0.1 miTurn left onto Patriots' Path, heading NW.
7. 0.8 miPass Koehler's Pond.
8. 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
9. 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
10. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
11. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
12. 1.1 miTurn left onto green, heading W.
13. 0.2 miPass Upper Falls.
14. 100 ftSharp left onto light blue, heading NW.
15. 250 ftTurn right onto yellow, heading NW.
16. 250 ftBear left onto red, heading NW.
17. 0.1 miSharp right onto orange, heading SE.
18. 0.1 miTurn right onto blue, heading SE.
19. 0.2 miReach Lower Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
20. 0.2 miTurn left onto orange, heading NW.
21. 0.1 miSharp left onto red, heading N.
22. 0.1 miBear right onto yellow, heading W.
23. 250 ftTurn left onto light blue, heading W.
24. 250 ftSharp right onto green, heading W.
25. 0.2 miTurn right onto power line service road, heading NE.
26. 1.1 miBear left, heading S.
27. 50 ftBear left onto Patriots' Path, heading S.
28. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
29. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
30. 250 ftBear left, heading S.
31. 1.3 miTurn right, heading E.
32. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
33. 150 ftContinue straight onto Falling Waters Trail, heading S.
34. 0.4 miSharp right onto Patriots' Path, heading SW.
35. 0.6 miTurn left onto Columbia Trail / Patriots' Path, heading E.
36. 2.6 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/lower-falls-upper-falls-out-back-9-lakes-23-km