1. Start on Bannister Meadows Trail, heading NE.
2. 250 ftBear left, heading N.
3. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
4. 0.1 miPass Cochituate State Park Beach.
5. 150 ftBear left onto Wonder Bread Spur, heading E.
6. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
7. 0.2 miPass Lake Cochituate (Middle Pond).
8. 150 ftBear right onto Cochituate Rail Trail, heading NE.
9. 0.2 miPass Lake Cochituate (Middle Pond).
10. 0.4 miPass Lake Cochituate (South Pond).
11. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
12. 0.6 miPass Round Pond.
13. 50 ftPass Pegan Cove.
14. 0.1 miTurn right onto North Trail, heading SE.
15. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
16. 250 ftReach Lake Cochituate (South Pond), then turn around and head back the way you came.
17. 0.5 miTurn left onto Cochituate Rail Trail, heading E.
18. 0.7 miTurn left, heading NW.
19. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
20. 0.8 miBear left onto Wonder Bread Spur, heading NW.
21. 0.2 miBear right onto Bannister Meadows Trail, heading NW.
22. 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
23. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/round-pond-round-pond-out-back-6-lakes-6-km-ab73