Furnace Loop–Hickory Hollow Road, 6 sights is a 10.8-mile out-and-back in Sterling Forest State Park near Southfields, NY. It climbs 1,967 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi591 – 1,102 ft · steepest grade: 21%10.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Townsend Trail / Wildcat Mountain Trail 41.25297, -74.18307
Nearest town Southfields, NY
Directions
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Furnace Loop–Hickory Hollow Road, 6 sights
10.8 mi · ▲ 1,967 ft · 4 hr 35 min
Elevation 591–1,101 ft
Out & Back · Sterling Forest State Park
Trailhead: Townsend Trail / Wildcat Mountain Trail · 41.25297, -74.18307
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Townsend Trail / Wildcat Mountain Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Townsend Trail, heading SW.
- 1.3 miTurn left onto Radio Road, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Hickory Hollow Road, heading N.
- 1.6 miBear left onto Furnace Loop, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Indian Hill Loop, heading E.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 500 ftReach Townsend Trail / Wildcat Mountain Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Furnace Loop, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Wildcat Mountain Trail, heading W.
- 1.6 miTurn left onto Radio Road, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Townsend Trail, heading SE.
- 1.3 miContinue straight onto Townsend Trail / Wildcat Mountain Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
26% dirt74% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.9 mi in (~151 min). Leave by 4:31 PM for the 7:22 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:55 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Townsend Trail / Wildcat Mountain Trail Trailhead
- Radio Road–Townsend Trail / Wildcat Mountain Trail, 3 sights 4.5 mi · ▲ 889 ft
- Hickory Hollow Road & Radio Road 4.5 mi · ▲ 785 ft
- Appalachian Trail Connector–Furnace Loop, 4 sights 4.8 mi · ▲ 1,070 ft
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