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
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 3.5 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Fire Tower Trail / West Valley Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto West Valley Trail, heading N.
- 1.1 miBear right onto Jennings Hollow Trail, heading SW.
- 1 miReach Fire Tower Trail / West Valley Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto West Valley Trail, heading NE.
- 0.9 miSharp right onto Fire Tower Trail / West Valley Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 3.5 miTurn 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.
Trail surface
45% dirt55% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:43 AMSunset 7:00 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
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- Fire Tower Trail 8.8 mi · ▲ 1,366 ft
- Sterling Lake & Sterling Valley Loop 3.7 mi · ▲ 412 ft
- Blue Lake & Sandy Beach Lake via Beech Road 15.1 mi · ▲ 2,566 ft
- Beech Road 14 mi · ▲ 2,495 ft
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