Blue Lake & Sandy Beach Lake via Beech Road
15.1 mi · ▲ 2,566 ft · 6 hr 19 min
Blue Lake & Sandy Beach Lake via Beech Road is a 15.1-mile out-and-back in Sterling Forest State Park near Dutch Hollow, NY. The route passes Sandy Beach Lake before reaching Blue Lake at the turnaround, 7.6 miles in. It climbs 2,566 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Blue Lake & Sandy Beach Lake via Beech Road
15.1 mi · ▲ 2,566 ft · 6 hr 19 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.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.7 miPass Sandy Beach Lake.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftReach Blue Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading N.
- 3.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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