1. Start on Shut-In Trail, heading NW.
2. 1.1 miPass Big Ridge Overlook (MP 403.6).
3. 1 miPass Mills River Valley Overlook (MP 404.5).
4. 1.7 miContinue straight onto 151 dh, heading W.
5. 50 ftBear left onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading NW.
6. 1.2 miBear left onto Buck Spring Trail, heading S.
7. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Old 151 Buck Springs Entrance Drive, heading SW.
8. 300 ftTurn left, heading S.
9. 50 ftPass Buck Spring Viewpoint.
10. 150 ftTurn right onto Buck Spring Trail, heading SW.
11. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
12. 0.1 miBear right onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading SE.
13. 0.4 miPass Mountains-to-Sea Viewpoint.
14. 0.3 miReach Mountains-to-Sea Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
15. 0.7 miBear left onto Buck Spring Trail, heading N.
16. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
17. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
18. 200 ftTurn right onto Old 151 Buck Springs Entrance Drive, heading N.
19. 350 ftContinue straight onto Buck Spring Trail, heading N.
20. 0.2 miBear right onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading E.
21. 1.2 miBear right onto 151 dh, heading NE.
22. 100 ftContinue straight onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading NE.
23. 3.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/mountains-to-sea-viewpoint-mills-river-valley-overlook-mp-404-5-out-back-9-sights