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Sterling Forest State Park

Bare Rock Vista–Bare Rock Trail, 4 sights

14.6 mi · ▲ 2,532 ft · 6 hr 8 min

Bare Rock Vista–Bare Rock Trail, 4 sights is a 14.6-mile out-and-back in Sterling Forest State Park near Skylands, NJ. The route reaches Bare Rock Vista at the turnaround, 7.3 miles in. It climbs 2,532 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 71/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi417 – 1,243 ft · steepest grade: 23%14.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Manor Road 41.14549, -74.24702
Nearest town Skylands, NJ
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Bare Rock Vista–Bare Rock Trail, 4 sights

14.6 mi · ▲ 2,532 ft · 6 hr 8 min

Elevation 416–1,243 ft

Out & Back · Sterling Forest State Park

Trailhead: Manor Road · 41.14549, -74.24702

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Manor Road, heading NE.
  2. 1.3 miTurn right onto Hasenclever Iron Trail, heading NW.
  3. 0.8 miTurn right, heading S.
  4. 0.9 miBear right onto Beech Road, heading NW.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  6. 1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  7. 0.7 miBear right, heading N.
  8. 0.7 miTurn right onto Fire Tower Trail / West Valley Trail, heading NW.
  9. 0.3 miContinue straight onto West Valley Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.6 miTurn left onto Bare Rock Trail, heading N.
  11. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Bare Rock Vista Trail, heading S.
  12. 300 ftReach Bare Rock Vista, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 250 ftContinue straight onto Bare Rock Trail, heading SW.
  14. 0.7 miTurn right onto West Valley Trail, heading SE.
  15. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Fire Tower Trail / West Valley Trail, heading S.
  16. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  17. 0.7 miBear left, heading S.
  18. 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
  19. 1 miTurn left onto Beech Road, heading S.
  20. 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
  21. 0.9 miTurn left onto Hasenclever Iron Trail, heading SE.
  22. 0.8 miTurn left, heading E.
  23. 1.3 miArrive 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/bare-rock-vista-bare-rock-trail-out-back-4-sights-23-km-8bb8

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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