1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
2. 50 ftPass Hinkley Swim Pond.
3. 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Woodcliff Hills Trail, heading NE.
5. 1.2 miTurn left, heading N.
6. 100 ftPass Rocky Woods Reservation.
7. 400 ftTurn right onto Cheney Pond Trail, heading N.
8. 0.2 miPass June Pond.
9. 400 ftSharp left, heading S.
10. 0.1 miTurn right onto Quarry Trail, heading NE.
11. 0.2 miPass Echo Lake.
12. 350 ftSharp right onto Harwood Notch Trail, heading E.
13. 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
14. 0.1 miTurn left onto Echo Pond Trail, heading S.
15. 450 ftBear right, heading SE.
16. 0.1 miBear left onto Loop Trail, heading N.
17. 350 ftPass Chickering Lake.
18. 450 ftReach Rocky Woods Reservation, then turn around and head back the way you came.
19. 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
20. 0.1 miBear left onto Echo Pond Trail, heading SW.
21. 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
22. 0.1 miBear right onto Harwood Notch Trail, heading S.
23. 200 ftSharp left onto Quarry Trail, heading S.
24. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
25. 0.1 miSharp right onto Cheney Pond Trail, heading SW.
26. 0.2 miTurn left onto Woodcliff Hills Trail, heading SW.
27. 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
28. 1.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
29. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/notch-pond-chickering-lake-out-back-9-lakes-8-km-2787