1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
2. 250 ftSharp left onto High Line Canal Trail, heading W.
3. 1 miBear left, heading SE.
4. 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
5. 350 ftBear left, heading E.
6. 200 ftBear left, heading S.
7. 0.3 miSharp right, heading E.
8. 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
9. 50 ftTurn right onto Quincy Avenue Multi-Use Path, heading W.
10. 50 ftTurn left onto High Line Canal Trail, heading SW.
11. 0.3 miPass Blackmer Lake.
12. 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
13. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
14. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
15. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
16. 400 ftTurn right, heading W.
17. 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
18. 0.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
19. 2 miBear left onto Centennial Link Trail, heading S.
20. 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
21. 0.9 miSharp right, heading SE.
22. 350 ftReach Blackmer Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
23. 300 ftSharp left, heading E.
24. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
25. 0.8 miBear right onto High Line Canal Trail, heading W.
26. 1.8 miSharp left, heading N.
27. 0.1 miSharp left, heading N.
28. 0.7 miBear left, heading E.
29. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
30. 400 ftTurn right, heading N.
31. 300 ftBear right, heading N.
32. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
33. 0.4 miTurn right onto Quincy Avenue Multi-Use Path, heading NE.
34. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
35. 50 ftBear right onto High Line Canal Trail, heading NE.
36. 0.5 miBear left, heading N.
37. 300 ftBear right, heading N.
38. 200 ftBear right, heading NW.
39. 1.1 miSharp right, heading W.
40. 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/skeel-reservoir-blackmer-lake-out-back-5-lakes