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Furnace Loop & Hickory Hollow Road is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Sterling Forest State Park near Clinton Woods, NY. It climbs 635 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi591 – 889 ft · steepest grade: 17%4.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Hickory Hollow Road 41.24555, -74.20380
Nearest town Clinton Woods, NY

Directions

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Furnace Loop & Hickory Hollow Road

4.2 mi · ▲ 635 ft · 1 hr 43 min

Elevation 591–890 ft

Out & Back · Sterling Forest State Park

Trailhead: Hickory Hollow Road · 41.24555, -74.20380

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:22 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Hickory Hollow Road, heading N.
  2. 1.6 miBear left onto Furnace Loop, heading E.
  3. 0.5 miReach Hickory Hollow Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 0.5 miBear right onto Wildcat Mountain Trail, heading W.
  5. 1.5 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 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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