Long Pond Ironworks State Park

Beech Ridge & Sterling Ridge/Highlands Trail Loop via Lake to Lake Trail

7 mi · ▲ 828 ft · 2 hr 45 min

Beech Ridge & Sterling Ridge/Highlands Trail Loop via Lake to Lake Trail is a 7-mile loop in Long Pond Ironworks State Park near Sterling Forest, NY. It climbs 828 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi522 – 1,093 ft · steepest grade: 17%7.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Stering Forest Road 41.17939, -74.31393
Nearest town Sterling Forest, NY

Directions

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Beech Ridge & Sterling Ridge/Highlands Trail Loop via Lake to Lake Trail

7 mi · ▲ 828 ft · 2 hr 45 min

Elevation 522–1,092 ft

Loop · Long Pond Ironworks State Park

Trailhead: Stering Forest Road · 41.17939, -74.31393

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 50 ftTurn right onto Lake to Lake Trail, heading S.
  3. 2 miBear right, heading SE.
  4. 0.9 miTurn right onto Beech Road, heading SW.
  5. 0.6 miTurn right onto Beech Ridge, heading W.
  6. 0.7 miTurn left onto Sterling Ridge/Highlands Trail, heading S.
  7. 0.4 miSharp right onto Jennings Hollow Trail, heading N.
  8. 1.8 miTurn right, heading W.
  9. 0.5 miTurn left onto Lake to Lake Trail, heading N.
  10. 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
  11. 50 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

7% dirt93% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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