Highland Lakes State Park
Stirba Park–Spano Pond, 6 sights
6.6 mi · ▲ 629 ft · 2 hr 31 min
Stirba Park–Spano Pond, 6 sights is a 6.6-mile out-and-back in Highland Lakes State Park near Kaisertown, NY. The route passes Spano Pond before reaching Stirba Park at the turnaround, 3.3 miles in. It climbs 629 ft. It scores 48/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi433 – 653 ft7.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.50458, -74.31023
Nearest town Kaisertown, NY
Directions
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Stirba Park–Spano Pond, 6 sights
6.6 mi · ▲ 629 ft · 2 hr 31 min
Elevation 433–652 ft
Out & Back · Highland Lakes State Park
Trailhead: 41.50458, -74.31023
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Drunken Rich Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftPass Spano Pond.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Oak Road, heading SW.
- 0.9 miBear right onto Camp Orange Road, heading S.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Inwood Road, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Red Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miReach Stirba Park, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Inwood Road, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 400 ftBear right onto Camp Orange Road, heading NE.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Oak Road, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Drunken Rich Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM
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- Spano Pond–Drunken Rich Trail, 4 sights 5.3 mi · ▲ 336 ft
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