1. Start on Rockcores Trail, heading E.
2. 0.7 miBear left onto Douglas Trail, heading E.
3. 50 ftBear right onto Rockcores Trail, heading E.
4. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
5. 0.4 miBear left onto Appalachian Trail, heading E.
6. 50 ftPass Sunfish Pond.
7. 0.3 miPass Buckwood Viewpoint.
8. 150 ftTurn right onto Buckwood Trail, heading E.
9. 0.3 miTurn left onto Sunfish Pond Fire Road/Buckwood Trail, heading SE.
10. 0.3 miBear right onto Buckwood Trail, heading SE.
11. 0.6 miSharp left onto Mount Tammany Fire Road, heading S.
12. 0.9 miSharp left onto Yards Creek Road, heading NE.
13. 0.1 miReach Upper Yards Creek Reservior, then turn around and head back the way you came.
14. 0.1 miSharp right onto Mount Tammany Fire Road, heading SW.
15. 0.9 miSharp right onto Buckwood Trail, heading W.
16. 0.6 miBear left onto Sunfish Pond Fire Road/Buckwood Trail, heading NW.
17. 0.3 miTurn right onto Buckwood Trail, heading N.
18. 0.3 miTurn left onto Appalachian Trail, heading W.
19. 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
20. 0.4 miTurn left onto Rockcores Trail, heading NW.
21. 0.4 miBear left onto Douglas Trail, heading NW.
22. 50 ftBear right onto Rockcores Trail, heading W.
23. 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/upper-yards-creek-reservior-buckwood-viewpoint-out-back-9-sights-13-km