1. Start on Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading NE.
2. 50 ftPass Fork Ridge Overlook (MP 449.0).
3. 2.2 miTurn right onto Waterrock Knob Trail, heading NW.
4. 0.1 miPass Pedestrian Overlook.
5. 0.3 miTurn left onto Browning Knob Trail, heading SE.
6. 0.3 miPass Browning Knob.
7. 50 ftPass Browning Knob Viewpoint.
8. 150 ftSharp left, heading E.
9. 50 ftTurn right onto Lyn Lowry Trail, heading E.
10. 0.8 miBear left, heading E.
11. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bypass, heading E.
12. 0.2 miTurn left onto Private property, heading E.
13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lyn Lowry Trail, heading E.
14. 0.1 miPass Mount Lyn Lowry.
15. 200 ftPass Lyn Lowry Viewpoint.
16. 200 ftBear left onto Plott Balsam Trail, heading E.
17. 0.6 miBear right, heading NE.
18. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
19. 1.2 miReach Plott Balsam, then turn around and head back the way you came.
20. 1.2 miBear right, heading W.
21. 0.6 miBear right, heading SW.
22. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lyn Lowry Trail, heading SW.
23. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Private property, heading W.
24. 50 ftTurn right onto Bypass, heading W.
25. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Lyn Lowry Trail, heading NW.
26. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
27. 0.8 miTurn left, heading W.
28. 50 ftSharp right onto Browning Knob Trail, heading SW.
29. 0.3 miTurn right onto Waterrock Knob Trail, heading NW.
30. 0.4 miTurn left onto Mountains-to-Sea Trail, heading SW.
31. 2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/plott-balsam-browning-knob-out-back-10-viewpoints-19-km