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Sterling Forest State Park

McKeags Meadow Connector–McKeags Meadow Trail, 6 sights

4.9 mi · ▲ 389 ft · 1 hr 50 min

McKeags Meadow Connector–McKeags Meadow Trail, 6 sights is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Sterling Forest State Park near Lakeville, NY. It climbs 389 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 66/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi692 – 833 ft5.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Sterling Lake Loop 41.19888, -74.25451
Nearest town Lakeville, NY
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McKeags Meadow Connector–McKeags Meadow Trail, 6 sights

4.9 mi · ▲ 389 ft · 1 hr 50 min

Elevation 693–834 ft

Out & Back · Sterling Forest State Park

Trailhead: Sterling Lake Loop · 41.19888, -74.25451

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Sterling Lake Loop, heading SE.
  2. 200 ftBear left onto McKeags Meadow Connector, heading E.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left onto McKeages Meadow Connector, heading S.
  4. 150 ftContinue straight onto McKeags Meadow Trail, heading SE.
  5. 0.2 miSharp right onto McKeags Meadow, heading NE.
  6. 1 miSharp right onto McKeags Meadow / Redback, heading E.
  7. 500 ftTurn left onto Redback Hike Pink Blaze, heading SW.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left onto Redback South, heading SE.
  9. 0.3 miTurn left onto Redback Hike Pink Blaze, heading S.
  10. 0.1 miReach Sterling Lake Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.1 miTurn right onto Redback South, heading NW.
  12. 0.3 miTurn right onto Redback Hike Pink Blaze, heading N.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right onto McKeags Meadow / Redback, heading NW.
  14. 500 ftSharp left onto McKeags Meadow, heading NE.
  15. 1 miSharp left onto McKeags Meadow Trail, heading NE.
  16. 0.2 miContinue straight onto McKeages Meadow Connector, heading N.
  17. 150 ftTurn right onto McKeags Meadow Connector, heading N.
  18. 0.4 miBear right onto Sterling Lake Loop, heading W.
  19. 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/mckeags-meadow-connector-mckeags-meadow-trail-out-back-6-sights-8-km

Trail surface

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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