1. Exit the Lake Audubon Pool parking lot, turning left onto Twin Branches Road (uphill) for about 1/3 mile  
2. Cross South Lakes Drive at signal  
3. Left along grass shoulder of South Lakes Drive  
4. Continue on path across dam bearing left up to intersection of South Lakes Drive and Ridge Heights Road  
5. Right on Ridge Heights for almost 1/3 mile  
6. Left onto trail beside Terraset Elementary School for about 200 feet  
7. Left at trail intersection near SE corner of school (down a steep hill) for about 1/4 mile  
8. Right at next trail intersection (below South Lakes HS track) for about 500 feet  
9. Left at the next trail intersection (by raised manhole cover) for about 150 yards  
10. Follow trail under South Lakes Drive, bearing right toward Soapstone Drive for about 150 yards  
11. Left on path along Soapstone Drive for about 150 feet  
12. Right though the underpass beneath Soapstone  
13. Right at next trail intersection (a "T") after about 100 yards  
14. Right at next trail intersection, going downhill and crossing to the north side of the stream bed  
15. Follow trail, bearing left but staying on the north side of the stream bed until a "T" intersection  
16. Turn left at the "T", cross the stream bed via the wooden bridge and take an immediate right  
17. Continue under Colts Neck Road and Reston Parkway to the Southgate Recreation Area [Water stop may be located here--hot weather only]  
18. Continue on trail, to second right after passing behind Dogwood Elementary School (on your left)  
19. Right onto Cocquina Drive for about 2 blocks to its intersection with Glade Drive [Water stop may be located here (or at next intersection one block up Glade)--cold weather only]  
20. Left on Glade Drive for about 1 mile  
21. Right on Freetown Drive  
22. Second right onto Freetown again (Freetown is a "lollipop-shaped" road and intersects with itself at this point)  
23. Right on Oslo Rd., crossing Reston Parkway and entering the Hunters Woods Pool parking lot  
24. Bear right onto trail at far side of pool parking lot for about 200 feet  
25. Right at next trail intersection  
26. Right at third trail intersection (just beyond a wooden bridge) after crossing Colts Neck Road  
27. Cross Steeplechase Drive (via the steps or the large under-road culverts) [Second water stop may be located here--hot weather only]  
28. Continue east on the trail (Glade Trail) as it crosses to the north (left) side of the stream bed  
29. Bear right at next trail intersection, crossing back over to the south side of the stream bed  
30. Continue across Soapstone Drive for about 1 mile  
31. Left at second paved trail intersection after Soapstone,
    crossing bridge over to the north side of the stream for about 1/2 mile until steep uphill  
32. Bear Left on short, steep uphill to Glade Drive  
33. Cross Glade Drive and continue on path along Twin Branches for less than 1/4 mile to Lake Audubon Pool

Except for the segment between Steeplechase Drive and Twin Branches Road,  this course is essentially identical with the course starting at Glade Pool.

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