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Sterling Forest State Park

McKeags Meadow Connector–McKeags Meadow Trail, 6 sights

8.7 mi · ▲ 1,206 ft · 3 hr 30 min

McKeags Meadow Connector–McKeags Meadow Trail, 6 sights is an 8.7-mile out-and-back in Sterling Forest State Park near Lakeville, NY. It climbs 1,206 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 67/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi591 – 1,007 ft · steepest grade: 20%9.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Pine Meadow Connector 41.20461, -74.24531
Nearest town Lakeville, NY
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McKeags Meadow Connector–McKeags Meadow Trail, 6 sights

8.7 mi · ▲ 1,206 ft · 3 hr 30 min

Elevation 592–1,007 ft

Out & Back · Sterling Forest State Park

Trailhead: Pine Meadow Connector · 41.20461, -74.24531

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Pine Meadow Connector, heading NW.
  2. 0.3 miTurn left onto Sterling Lake Loop, heading S.
  3. 0.5 miSharp left onto McKeags Meadow Connector, heading SE.
  4. 0.4 miTurn left onto McKeages Meadow Connector, heading S.
  5. 150 ftContinue straight onto McKeags Meadow Trail, heading SE.
  6. 0.2 miSharp right onto McKeags Meadow, heading NE.
  7. 1 miSharp right onto McKeags Meadow / Redback, heading S.
  8. 500 ftTurn left onto Redback Hike Pink Blaze, heading SW.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left onto Redback South, heading SE.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left onto Redback Hike Pink Blaze, heading S.
  11. 0.1 miSharp left onto Redback South, heading S.
  12. 0.3 miBear right onto Redback Hike Pink Blaze, heading S.
  13. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
  14. 0.4 miTurn right onto Scott Mine Road, heading S.
  15. 250 ftReach McKeags Meadow Connector, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  17. 0.4 miTurn left onto Redback Hike Pink Blaze, heading NE.
  18. 0.4 miBear left onto Redback South, heading N.
  19. 0.3 miSharp right onto Redback Hike Pink Blaze, heading NE.
  20. 0.1 miTurn right onto Redback South, heading SW.
  21. 0.3 miTurn right onto Redback Hike Pink Blaze, heading NW.
  22. 0.2 miTurn right onto McKeags Meadow / Redback, heading W.
  23. 450 ftSharp left onto McKeags Meadow, heading N.
  24. 1 miSharp left onto McKeags Meadow Trail, heading N.
  25. 0.2 miContinue straight onto McKeages Meadow Connector, heading SW.
  26. 100 ftTurn right onto McKeags Meadow Connector, heading SW.
  27. 0.4 miSharp right onto Sterling Lake Loop, heading N.
  28. 0.5 miTurn right onto Pine Meadow Connector, heading N.
  29. 0.2 miArrive 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-7-sights-14-km

Trail surface

73% dirt27% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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