1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
2. 50 ftPass Whalen Pond.
3. 200 ftBear left, heading S.
4. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
5. 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
6. 50 ftTurn right onto Ice Age Trail, heading N.
7. 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
8. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
9. 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
10. 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
11. 500 ftBear right, heading NE.
12. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
13. 400 ftTurn right, heading N.
14. 400 ftTurn left, heading N.
15. 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
16. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
17. 450 ftPass Badger Prairie Pond.
18. 1.4 miReach Whalen Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
19. 1.6 miBear right, heading NE.
20. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
21. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
22. 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
23. 400 ftBear right, heading S.
24. 150 ftBear left, heading S.
25. 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
26. 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
27. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
28. 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
29. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
30. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
31. 300 ftTurn left, heading S.
32. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
33. 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/whalen-pond-whalen-pond-out-back-5-lakes-12-km-a787