1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
2. 50 ftPass Middletown Overlook.
3. 50 ftSharp right onto Black Locust, heading N.
4. 0.2 miBear right onto Yellow Poplar, heading N.
5. 50 ftBear left onto Green Ash - Yellow Poplar, heading N.
6. 0.2 miTurn right onto Green Ash, heading N.
7. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
8. 450 ftPass North Frederick Viewpoint.
9. 200 ftContinue straight onto Black/Yellow, heading NE.
10. 150 ftTurn left onto Yellow Poplar Trail, heading N.
11. 0.5 miBear left onto Catoctin Trail, heading NE.
12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Catoctin Trail - Yellow, heading NE.
13. 0.2 miTurn right onto Catoctin Trail, heading N.
14. 1.2 miBear right onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading NE.
15. 350 ftContinue straight onto Rocky-Stream Bed Trail, heading NE.
16. 0.5 miReach North Frederick Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
17. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading W.
18. 300 ftBear left onto Catoctin Trail, heading NW.
19. 1.2 miTurn left onto Catoctin Trail - Yellow, heading S.
20. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Catoctin Trail, heading S.
21. 50 ftBear right onto Yellow Poplar Trail, heading S.
22. 0.5 miTurn right onto Black/Yellow, heading SW.
23. 0.1 miBear right onto Green Ash, heading S.
24. 50 ftTurn left onto Green Ash - Yellow Poplar, heading S.
25. 0.2 miBear right onto Yellow Poplar, heading SW.
26. 50 ftBear left onto Black Locust, heading SW.
27. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
28. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/north-frederick-viewpoint-middletown-overlook-out-back-6-sights