Sterling Forest State Park

Beech Road

14 mi · ▲ 2,495 ft · 5 hr 55 min

Beech Road is a 14-mile out-and-back in Sterling Forest State Park near Dutch Hollow, NY. It climbs 2,495 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi607 – 1,326 ft · steepest grade: 26%14.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.22968, -74.26041
Nearest town Dutch Hollow, NY

Directions

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Beech Road

14 mi · ▲ 2,495 ft · 5 hr 55 min

Elevation 606–1,325 ft

Out & Back · Sterling Forest State Park

Trailhead: 41.22968, -74.26041

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 3.5 miBear right, heading SW.
  4. 0.8 miBear left, heading SW.
  5. 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
  6. 1 miTurn left onto Beech Road, heading SE.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  8. 0.8 miSharp left onto Hasenclever Iron Trail, heading S.
  9. 250 ftReach Beech Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 250 ftSharp right onto Beech Road, heading E.
  11. 0.9 miTurn right, heading W.
  12. 1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  13. 0.7 miBear right, heading N.
  14. 0.8 miBear left, heading E.
  15. 3.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
  16. 50 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

42% dirt58% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:43 AMSunset 7:00 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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