Sterling Forest State Park

Fire Tower Trail / West Valley Trail–Jennings Hollow Trail, 3 sights

13.1 mi · ▲ 1,940 ft · 5 hr 20 min

Fire Tower Trail / West Valley Trail–Jennings Hollow Trail, 3 sights is a 13.1-mile out-and-back in Sterling Forest State Park near Dutch Hollow, NY. It climbs 1,940 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi564 – 1,326 ft · steepest grade: 25%13.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.22968, -74.26041
Nearest town Dutch Hollow, NY

Directions

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Fire Tower Trail / West Valley Trail–Jennings Hollow Trail, 3 sights

13.1 mi · ▲ 1,940 ft · 5 hr 20 min

Elevation 565–1,325 ft

Out & Back · Sterling Forest State Park

Trailhead: 41.22968, -74.26041

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:43 AM · sunset 7:00 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 3.5 miBear right, heading SW.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  5. 500 ftTurn left onto Fire Tower Trail / West Valley Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.7 miSharp left onto West Valley Trail, heading N.
  7. 1.1 miBear right onto Jennings Hollow Trail, heading SW.
  8. 1 miReach Fire Tower Trail / West Valley Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 1 miBear left, heading E.
  10. 0.2 miContinue straight onto West Valley Trail, heading NE.
  11. 0.9 miSharp right onto Fire Tower Trail / West Valley Trail, heading N.
  12. 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
  13. 500 ftTurn left, heading N.
  14. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  15. 3.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
  16. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

45% dirt55% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:43 AMSunset 7:00 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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