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
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 3.5 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
- 1 miTurn left onto Beech Road, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.8 miSharp left onto Hasenclever Iron Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftReach Beech Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftSharp right onto Beech Road, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading W.
- 1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading E.
- 3.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 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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- Sterling Lake & Sterling Valley Loop 3.7 mi · ▲ 412 ft
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