1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
2. 0.1 miTurn right onto Lower Sweet Run Trail, heading N.
3. 0.3 miSharp left onto Bypass Trail, heading W.
4. 0.2 miTurn left onto Butterfly Alley Trail, heading N.
5. 0.5 miTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading W.
6. 2.7 miBear right onto Loudoun Heights Trail, heading NE.
7. 1.4 miPass Potomac Water Gap.
8. 250 ftReach Split Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
9. 1.5 miBear left onto Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
10. 2.7 miTurn left onto Butterfly Alley Trail, heading S.
11. 0.5 miTurn right onto Bypass Trail, heading E.
12. 0.2 miSharp right onto Lower Sweet Run Trail, heading NE.
13. 0.3 miArrive 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/split-rock-potomac-water-gap-out-back-4-saddles