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Sterling Forest State Park

Mountain Lake via Long Swamp Trail

5.4 mi · ▲ 320 ft · 1 hr 58 min

Mountain Lake via Long Swamp Trail is a 5.4-mile out-and-back in Sterling Forest State Park near Eagle Valley, NY. The route reaches Mountain Lake at the turnaround, 2.7 miles in. It climbs 320 ft. It scores 32/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi459 – 692 ft5.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Long Swamp Trail 41.15818, -74.21389
Nearest town Eagle Valley, NY
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Mountain Lake via Long Swamp Trail

5.4 mi · ▲ 320 ft · 1 hr 58 min

Elevation 460–694 ft

Out & Back · Sterling Forest State Park

Trailhead: Long Swamp Trail · 41.15818, -74.21389

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Long Swamp Trail, heading NE.
  2. 1.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  3. 0.9 miBear left, heading NE.
  4. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 0.2 miReach Mountain Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  7. 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
  8. 0.9 miTurn right, heading S.
  9. 1.1 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/mountain-lake-mountain-lake-out-back-9-km

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Eagle Valley, New York