1. Start on Wright Farm Preliminary Path, heading NE.
2. 0.1 miPass Mudhole Pond.
3. 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Wright Farm, heading NE.
5. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
6. 300 ftBear left onto Abenaki, heading SE.
7. 0.4 miPass Paint Mine Conservation Area.
8. 450 ftPass wooden platform.
9. 0.1 miTurn right onto Scout Trail, heading NE.
10. 0.2 miPass tree house.
11. 0.2 miPass Ochre Paint Mine.
12. 50 ftPass Muskrat Ponds.
13. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
14. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
15. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
16. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
17. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
18. 150 ftReach Paint Mine Conservation Area, then turn around and head back the way you came.
19. 150 ftSharp right, heading W.
20. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
21. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
22. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
23. 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
24. 0.4 miTurn left onto Abenaki, heading SE.
25. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
26. 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
27. 300 ftBear left onto Wright Farm, heading W.
28. 0.2 miTurn left onto Wright Farm Preliminary Path, heading NW.
29. 0.1 miArrive 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/observation-deck-wooden-platform-out-back-10-lakes-5-km