1. Start on Access Trail, heading NW.
2. 250 ftTurn right onto Blue Balls second leg, heading NE.
3. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
4. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
5. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
6. 350 ftTurn left onto Blue Connector, heading N.
7. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
8. 150 ftBear left onto Pond Access Trail, heading NE.
9. 0.1 miTurn right onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading NW.
10. 400 ftSharp left onto Trail 4, heading N.
11. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading N.
12. 0.2 miBear right onto Old Blue Trail, heading NW.
13. 0.4 miReach Old Blue Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
14. 0.4 miBear left onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading SE.
15. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Trail 4, heading NE.
16. 0.2 miSharp right onto Catoctin National Recreation Trail, heading SE.
17. 400 ftTurn left onto Pond Access Trail, heading S.
18. 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
19. 200 ftBear right, heading W.
20. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Blue Connector, heading S.
21. 300 ftTurn right, heading SE.
22. 350 ftBear left, heading SW.
23. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
24. 0.2 miTurn right onto Blue Balls second leg, heading SE.
25. 0.3 miTurn left onto Access Trail, heading SW.
26. 150 ftArrive 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/old-blue-trail-out-back-5-km-dff5