1. Start on Horse-Shoe Trail, heading NW.
2. 50 ftPass Spring Lake.
3. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
4. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
5. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
6. 1 miSharp right onto Hill Top Road, heading W.
7. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Explorer Lodge Road, heading NE.
8. 0.2 miTurn left onto Valley Brook Trail, heading SE.
9. 0.1 miBear left onto North Valley Trail, heading N.
10. 150 ftContinue straight onto Valley Brook Trail, heading N.
11. 350 ftBear left onto Sharp Valley Trail, heading N.
12. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NW.
13. 100 ftSharp left onto North Valley Trail, heading NW.
14. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Forge Hill Road, heading NW.
15. 0.5 miReach Spring Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
16. 0.5 miContinue straight onto North Valley Trail, heading W.
17. 0.2 miSharp right, heading W.
18. 100 ftSharp left onto Sharp Valley Trail, heading W.
19. 0.1 miBear right onto Valley Brook Trail, heading SE.
20. 350 ftContinue straight onto North Valley Trail, heading SW.
21. 150 ftBear right onto Valley Brook Trail, heading SW.
22. 0.1 miTurn right onto Explorer Lodge Road, heading SE.
23. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Hill Top Road, heading S.
24. 0.7 miSharp left onto Horse-Shoe Trail, heading SW.
25. 1 miTurn right, heading NE.
26. 400 ftTurn left, heading E.
27. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
28. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/spring-lake-spring-lake-out-back-4-sights-11-km