1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
2. 250 ftBear left onto Vista Spur Trail, heading W.
3. 350 ftPass Scarlet Oak Pond.
4. 250 ftPass Vista.
5. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Pond/Vista Loop Trail, heading NW.
6. 150 ftContinue straight onto Vista-Ridge Connector Trail, heading NW.
7. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
8. 250 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Loop Trail, heading W.
9. 0.1 miTurn right onto Vista Loop Trail, heading N.
10. 0.1 miTurn left onto Ridge/Vista Loop Trail, heading N.
11. 0.1 miBear left onto Ridge Loop Trail, heading NE.
12. 50 ftTurn right onto Vista Loop Trail, heading N.
13. 400 ftBear left onto White Trail, heading NW.
14. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Havemeyer / White Trail, heading NW.
15. 450 ftBear left onto White Trail, heading N.
16. 0.6 miTurn left onto Halifax Trail, heading N.
17. 0.4 miTurn right onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading NW.
18. 0.8 miTurn right onto Bear Swamp Road/Halifax Trail, heading NW.
19. 150 ftContinue straight onto Halifax Trail, heading NW.
20. 50 ftTurn left onto Bear Swamp Road, heading NW.
21. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Halifax Trail, heading NW.
22. 250 ftBear left onto Bear Swamp Road, heading NW.
23. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Halifax Trail, heading N.
24. 200 ftContinue straight onto Bear Swamp Road, heading N.
25. 150 ftBear right onto Cape Road, heading N.
26. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
27. 0.9 miTurn right, heading N.
28. 0.7 miReach Potake Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
29. 1.6 miBear left onto Bear Swamp Road, heading S.
30. 150 ftContinue straight onto Halifax Trail, heading S.
31. 200 ftContinue straight onto Bear Swamp Road, heading SW.
32. 0.1 miBear right onto Halifax Trail, heading SW.
33. 250 ftContinue straight onto Bear Swamp Road, heading S.
34. 0.1 miTurn right onto Halifax Trail, heading SE.
35. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bear Swamp Road/Halifax Trail, heading SE.
36. 100 ftTurn left onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading E.
37. 0.8 miTurn left onto Halifax Trail, heading S.
38. 0.4 miTurn right onto White Trail, heading E.
39. 0.6 miBear right onto Havemeyer / White Trail, heading SE.
40. 450 ftContinue straight onto White Trail, heading SE.
41. 0.4 miBear right onto Vista Loop Trail, heading S.
42. 350 ftTurn left onto Ridge Loop Trail, heading SE.
43. 100 ftBear right onto Ridge/Vista Loop Trail, heading SE.
44. 0.1 miTurn right onto Vista Loop Trail, heading S.
45. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
46. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Ridge Loop Trail, heading S.
47. 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
48. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Vista-Ridge Connector Trail, heading SE.
49. 250 ftContinue straight onto Pond/Vista Loop Trail, heading SW.
50. 150 ftContinue straight onto Vista Spur Trail, heading SW.
51. 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
52. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/potake-pond-scarlet-oak-pond-out-back-11-sights