1. Start on Shut-In Trail, heading N.
2. 50 ftPass View Chesnut Cove.
3. 0.8 miTurn right onto Sleepy Gap Trail, heading NE.
4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Shut-In Trail, heading N.
5. 0.5 miTurn left onto Grassy Knob Trail, heading NW.
6. 150 ftContinue straight onto Stairs (Upper), heading N.
7. 0.4 miTurn left onto Stairs (Lower), heading NW.
8. 250 ftSharp right onto Pine Tree Loop, heading NW.
9. 0.3 miPass Lake Powhatan Beach.
10. 0.2 miBear left onto Wesley Branch Road, heading NE.
11. 50 ftPass Lake Powhatan.
12. 450 ftBear left onto Homestead Trail, heading NE.
13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Wesley Branch Road, heading NE.
14. 50 ftTurn right onto Homestead Trail, heading NE.
15. 0.3 miSharp left, heading NE.
16. 0.1 miBear left onto Hardtimes Road, heading SE.
17. 350 ftTurn right onto Hardtimes Connector, heading N.
18. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Deer Lake Lodge Trail, heading N.
19. 0.2 miBear right onto Deer Lake Road, heading W.
20. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
21. 0.3 miBear right onto Neighborhood Trail, heading NE.
22. 100 ftReach View Chesnut Cove, then turn around and head back the way you came.
23. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
24. 0.3 miTurn right onto Deer Lake Road, heading SW.
25. 0.1 miBear left onto Deer Lake Lodge Trail, heading S.
26. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Hardtimes Connector, heading SW.
27. 0.8 miTurn left onto Hardtimes Road, heading SW.
28. 350 ftBear right, heading SW.
29. 0.1 miSharp right, heading SW.
30. 0.3 miTurn left onto Wesley Branch Road, heading SW.
31. 50 ftContinue straight onto Homestead Trail, heading W.
32. 50 ftBear right onto Wesley Branch Road, heading NW.
33. 450 ftBear right onto Pine Tree Loop, heading W.
34. 0.5 miSharp left onto Stairs (Lower), heading S.
35. 250 ftTurn right onto Stairs (Upper), heading SW.
36. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Grassy Knob Trail, heading SE.
37. 150 ftTurn right onto Shut-In Trail, heading S.
38. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Sleepy Gap Trail, heading SE.
39. 50 ftTurn left onto Shut-In Trail, heading SE.
40. 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/view-chesnut-cove-lake-powhatan-out-back-11-sights