1. Start on Red / Green Cap Trail, heading E.
2. 150 ftTurn right onto Red / Blue Dot Trail, heading NE.
3. 0.7 miBear left, heading S.
4. 2.5 miTurn right onto Red / Black Dot Trail, heading SE.
5. 50 ftBear left onto Red / Brown Dot Trail, heading SE.
6. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
7. 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
8. 0.1 miSharp right onto White / Green Dot Trail, heading SW.
9. 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
10. 50 ftSharp left onto Purple Trail, heading W.
11. 150 ftReach Rachel Carson Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
12. 150 ftSharp right, heading SW.
13. 50 ftBear right onto White / Green Dot Trail, heading SW.
14. 0.3 miSharp left, heading E.
15. 0.1 miBear left onto Rachel Carson Trail, heading SE.
16. 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
17. 350 ftContinue straight onto Red / Brown Dot Trail, heading NW.
18. 300 ftBear right onto Red / Black Dot Trail, heading NW.
19. 50 ftTurn left onto Red / Blue Dot Trail, heading NW.
20. 2.8 miBear right, heading N.
21. 0.4 miTurn left onto Red / Green Cap Trail, heading NE.
22. 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/purple-trail-rachel-carson-trail-out-back-3-sights-13-km