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Sterling Forest State Park

Stering Forest Road via Lake to Lake Trail

13 mi · ▲ 1,799 ft · 5 hr 14 min

Stering Forest Road via Lake to Lake Trail is a 13-mile out-and-back in Sterling Forest State Park near Skylands, NJ. It climbs 1,799 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 68/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi446 – 1,093 ft · steepest grade: 15%13.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Manor Trail 41.13758, -74.26716
Nearest town Skylands, NJ
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Stering Forest Road via Lake to Lake Trail

13 mi · ▲ 1,799 ft · 5 hr 14 min

Elevation 445–1,092 ft

Out & Back · Sterling Forest State Park

Trailhead: Manor Trail · 41.13758, -74.26716

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

  1. Start on Manor Trail, heading N.
  2. 0.4 miTurn left onto Hasenclever Iron Trail, heading W.
  3. 1.7 miTurn right, heading W.
  4. 0.8 miBear right onto Beech Road, heading N.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  6. 0.9 miBear left onto Lake to Lake Trail, heading NW.
  7. 2 miTurn left, heading N.
  8. 0.5 miReach Stering Forest Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 2.4 miBear right, heading NE.
  10. 0.9 miTurn left onto Beech Road, heading SE.
  11. 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
  12. 0.9 miTurn left onto Hasenclever Iron Trail, heading SE.
  13. 1.7 miTurn right onto Manor Trail, heading S.
  14. 0.4 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/stering-forest-road-out-back-21-km

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

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