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Stairway Lake & Stairway Lake Trail via Stairway Road is a 3.2-mile out-and-back in Stairway Wild Area near Knights Eddy, NY. The route reaches Stairway Lake at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 166 ft of elevation gain. It scores 73/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,043 – 1,171 ft3.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Stairway Lake Trail 41.40448, -74.77499
Nearest town Knights Eddy, NY

Directions

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Stairway Lake & Stairway Lake Trail via Stairway Road

3.2 mi · ▲ 166 ft · 1 hr 9 min

Elevation 1,043–1,173 ft

Out & Back · Stairway Wild Area

Trailhead: Stairway Lake Trail · 41.40448, -74.77499

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:24 PM

  1. Start on Stairway Lake Trail, heading N.
  2. 0.6 miBear left onto Stairway Road, heading W.
  3. 0.9 miTurn left, heading NW.
  4. 350 ftReach Stairway Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 1 miBear right onto Stairway Lake Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

4% dirt96% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:24 PM