Sterling Forest State Park

Bare Rock Vista–Bare Rock Trail, 4 sights

14.5 mi · ▲ 2,184 ft · 5 hr 56 min

Bare Rock Vista–Bare Rock Trail, 4 sights is a 14.5-mile out-and-back in Sterling Forest State Park near Eagle Valley, NY. The route reaches Bare Rock Vista at the turnaround, 7.3 miles in. It climbs 2,184 ft. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi535 – 1,243 ft15.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.15820, -74.25071
Nearest town Eagle Valley, NY

Directions

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Bare Rock Vista–Bare Rock Trail, 4 sights

14.5 mi · ▲ 2,184 ft · 5 hr 56 min

Elevation 536–1,243 ft

Out & Back · Sterling Forest State Park

Trailhead: 41.15820, -74.25071

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:43 AM · sunset 7:00 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
  3. 0.3 miSharp right, heading SE.
  4. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  5. 0.4 miTurn right onto Hasenclever Iron Trail, heading W.
  6. 0.8 miTurn right, heading S.
  7. 0.8 miBear right onto Beech Road, heading NW.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  9. 1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  10. 0.7 miBear right, heading N.
  11. 0.7 miTurn right onto Fire Tower Trail / West Valley Trail, heading N.
  12. 0.3 miContinue straight onto West Valley Trail, heading NE.
  13. 0.6 miTurn left onto Bare Rock Trail, heading NE.
  14. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Bare Rock Vista Trail, heading N.
  15. 300 ftReach Bare Rock Vista, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 300 ftContinue straight onto Bare Rock Trail, heading W.
  17. 0.7 miTurn right onto West Valley Trail, heading S.
  18. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Fire Tower Trail / West Valley Trail, heading SW.
  19. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  20. 0.7 miBear left, heading SW.
  21. 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
  22. 1 miTurn left onto Beech Road, heading S.
  23. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  24. 0.8 miTurn left onto Hasenclever Iron Trail, heading SE.
  25. 0.8 miTurn left, heading NE.
  26. 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
  27. 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
  28. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  29. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Weather

Sunrise 6:43 AMSunset 7:00 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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