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Sterling Forest State Park

McKeags Meadow Trail–McKeags Meadow, 3 sights

3 mi · ▲ 175 ft · 1 hr 5 min

McKeags Meadow Trail–McKeags Meadow, 3 sights is a 3-mile out-and-back in Sterling Forest State Park near Lakeville, NY. It is mostly level, with 175 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 65/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi719 – 824 ft3.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Laurel Meadow Drive 41.19470, -74.25251
Nearest town Lakeville, NY
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McKeags Meadow Trail–McKeags Meadow, 3 sights

3 mi · ▲ 175 ft · 1 hr 5 min

Elevation 718–825 ft

Out & Back · Sterling Forest State Park

Trailhead: Laurel Meadow Drive · 41.19470, -74.25251

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on McKeages Meadow Connector, heading SE.
  2. 150 ftContinue straight onto McKeags Meadow Trail, heading SE.
  3. 0.2 miSharp right onto McKeags Meadow, heading SW.
  4. 1 miSharp right onto McKeags Meadow / Redback, heading SW.
  5. 500 ftTurn left onto Redback Hike Pink Blaze, heading SE.
  6. 0.2 miReach McKeags Meadow Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.2 miTurn right onto McKeags Meadow / Redback, heading NE.
  8. 500 ftSharp left onto McKeags Meadow, heading W.
  9. 1 miSharp left onto McKeags Meadow Trail, heading W.
  10. 0.2 miContinue straight onto McKeages Meadow Connector, heading NW.
  11. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/mckeags-meadow-trail-mckeags-meadow-out-back-3-sights

Trail surface

98% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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