1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
2. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Quarry Loop, heading NE.
3. 0.3 miBear left onto Turnpike, heading N.
4. 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
5. 0.1 miPass Pickerel Pond.
6. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
7. 0.3 miBear right onto Onteora Lake Loop, heading W.
8. 0.7 miReach Onteora Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
9. 0.7 miBear left, heading S.
10. 0.3 miTurn left onto Turnpike, heading S.
11. 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
12. 0.2 miBear right onto Quarry Loop, heading E.
13. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
14. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/onteora-lake-pickerel-pond-out-back-4-sights-6-km