Sterling Forest State Park

Beech Road

12.5 mi · ▲ 2,310 ft · 5 hr 19 min

Beech Road is a 12.5-mile out-and-back in Sterling Forest State Park near Eagle Valley, NY. It climbs 2,310 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi535 – 1,306 ft · steepest grade: 16%12.9 mi

Getting there

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

Directions

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Beech Road

12.5 mi · ▲ 2,310 ft · 5 hr 19 min

Elevation 536–1,307 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. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 0.7 miTurn right onto Hasenclever Iron Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.8 miTurn right, heading S.
  5. 0.9 miBear right onto Beech Road, heading NW.
  6. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  7. 1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  8. 0.7 miBear right, heading N.
  9. 0.8 miBear left, heading E.
  10. 0.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  11. 0.6 miBear right, heading SW.
  12. 0.7 miBear left, heading W.
  13. 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
  14. 1.3 miBear left, heading S.
  15. 0.8 miTurn left onto Hasenclever Iron Trail, heading SE.
  16. 0.8 miTurn left, heading NE.
  17. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
  18. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Weather

Sunrise 6:43 AMSunset 7:00 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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