1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
3. 0.1 miSharp right onto Natural Garden Trail, heading SW.
4. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
5. 50 ftTurn left onto Running Cedar Road, heading NW.
6. 0.1 miTurn right onto Bent Creek Trail, heading S.
7. 1.2 miPass Lake Powhatan Beach.
8. 150 ftBear right onto Hardtimes Road, heading SW.
9. 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
10. 350 ftTurn right onto Hardtimes Connector, heading SW.
11. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Deer Lake Lodge Trail, heading N.
12. 0.2 miBear right onto Deer Lake Road, heading W.
13. 250 ftBear left onto Wolf Branch Trail, heading W.
14. 1.2 miContinue straight onto Ledford Branch Road, heading NW.
15. 0.1 miSharp left onto Ingles Field Gap, heading NW.
16. 0.6 miSharp right, heading S.
17. 0.4 miPass Wolf Knob.
18. 150 ftSharp left onto Northern Boundary Trail, heading N.
19. 0.2 miReach Wolf Knob, then turn around and head back the way you came.
20. 0.2 miSharp right, heading W.
21. 0.4 miSharp left onto Ingles Field Gap, heading SE.
22. 0.6 miSharp right onto Ledford Branch Road, heading N.
23. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Wolf Branch Trail, heading N.
24. 1.2 miBear right onto Deer Lake Road, heading SE.
25. 250 ftBear left onto Deer Lake Lodge Trail, heading E.
26. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Hardtimes Connector, heading SE.
27. 0.8 miTurn left onto Hardtimes Road, heading SW.
28. 300 ftBear right, heading SW.
29. 350 ftBear left onto Bent Creek Trail, heading SW.
30. 1.2 miTurn left onto Running Cedar Road, heading NE.
31. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
32. 50 ftTurn right onto Natural Garden Trail, heading N.
33. 0.4 miSharp left onto Wesley Branch Trail, heading N.
34. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
35. 400 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/wolf-knob-lake-powhatan-beach-out-back-5-sights-17-km