Sterling Forest State Park
Fire Tower Trail
8.8 mi · ▲ 1,366 ft · 3 hr 37 min
Fire Tower Trail is an 8.8-mile out-and-back in Sterling Forest State Park near Dutch Hollow, NY. It climbs 1,366 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 71/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi732 – 1,326 ft8.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.22968, -74.26041
Nearest town Dutch Hollow, NY
Directions
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Fire Tower Trail
8.8 mi · ▲ 1,366 ft · 3 hr 37 min
Elevation 731–1,325 ft
Out & Back · Sterling Forest State Park
Trailhead: 41.22968, -74.26041
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 3 miBear left onto Fire Tower Trail, heading SE.
- 1.4 miReach Fire Tower Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.4 miBear right, heading NW.
- 3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 100 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
67% dirt33% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- West Valley Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 659 ft
- Sterling Lake & Sterling Valley Loop 3.7 mi · ▲ 412 ft
- Fire Tower Trail & West Valley Trail 7.3 mi · ▲ 950 ft
- Sterling Lake & Sterling Valley Loop via Sterling Lake Loop 7.7 mi · ▲ 923 ft
- Bare Rock Trail–Fire Tower Trail / West Valley Trail, 3 sights 8.6 mi · ▲ 1,095 ft
- Appalachian Trail;Highlands Trail & Doris Duke Trail 9.6 mi · ▲ 1,534 ft
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