1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
2. 50 ftPass Prairie Lake.
3. 50 ftTurn left onto Kinder Foundation Trail, heading SW.
4. 50 ftPass Willow Lake.
5. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
6. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
7. 100 ftBear left, heading W.
8. 150 ftPass Heron Lake.
9. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
10. 50 ftPass Triangle Lake.
11. 250 ftPass Rafferty Memorial Oak.
12. 50 ftPass Scout Lake.
13. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
14. 50 ftSharp right onto Brown Foundation Trail, heading W.
15. 50 ftContinue straight onto Arboretum Trail, heading W.
16. 50 ftBear right onto Brown Foundation Trail, heading SW.
17. 150 ftBear left, heading S.
18. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
19. 50 ftTurn right onto Bayou Trail, heading S.
20. 200 ftTurn right onto Menninger Clinic Trail, heading NW.
21. 350 ftPass Heron Lake.
22. 150 ftContinue straight onto Audubon Trail, heading N.
23. 0.2 miBear left onto Donald Perkins Trail, heading NE.
24. 0.5 miReach Prairie Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
25. 0.5 miBear right onto Audubon Trail, heading E.
26. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Menninger Clinic Trail, heading SE.
27. 500 ftTurn left onto Bayou Trail, heading W.
28. 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
29. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
30. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
31. 100 ftContinue straight onto Brown Foundation Trail, heading SW.
32. 50 ftBear left onto Arboretum Trail, heading SW.
33. 50 ftContinue straight onto Brown Foundation Trail, heading SW.
34. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
35. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
36. 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
37. 200 ftBear right, heading SW.
38. 100 ftBear left onto Kinder Foundation Trail, heading SW.
39. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
40. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
41. 50 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/prairie-lake-out-back