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Augusta Mine Trail–McKeags Meadow Connector, 4 sights is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Sterling Forest State Park near Lakeville, NY. It climbs 449 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 61/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi719 – 951 ft4.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Sterling Lake Loop 41.19888, -74.25451
Nearest town Lakeville, NY

Directions

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Augusta Mine Trail–McKeags Meadow Connector, 4 sights

4.2 mi · ▲ 449 ft · 1 hr 37 min

Elevation 718–952 ft

Out & Back · Sterling Forest State Park

Trailhead: Sterling Lake Loop · 41.19888, -74.25451

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:22 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Sterling Lake Loop, heading SE.
  2. 200 ftBear left onto McKeags Meadow Connector, heading E.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left onto McKeages Meadow Connector, heading S.
  4. 150 ftContinue straight onto McKeags Meadow Trail, heading SE.
  5. 1.6 miReach Sterling Lake Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 1.6 miContinue straight onto McKeages Meadow Connector, heading NW.
  7. 100 ftTurn right onto McKeags Meadow Connector, heading NW.
  8. 0.4 miBear right onto Sterling Lake Loop, heading NW.
  9. 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

98% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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