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Sterling Lake–Lakeville Ironworks Trail, 3 sights is a 1.3-mile out-and-back in Sterling Forest State Park near Lakeville, NY. The route reaches Sterling Lake. It is mostly level, with 91 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 48/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi719 – 797 ft1.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Sterling Lake Loop 41.19872, -74.25520
Nearest town Lakeville, NY

Directions

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Sterling Lake–Lakeville Ironworks Trail, 3 sights

1.3 mi · ▲ 91 ft · 29 min

Elevation 719–799 ft

Out & Back · Sterling Forest State Park

Trailhead: Sterling Lake Loop · 41.19872, -74.25520

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Sterling Lake Loop, heading W.
  2. 350 ftPass Sterling Lake.
  3. 200 ftBear left, heading SW.
  4. 0.1 miSharp left onto Lakeville Ironworks Trail, heading SW.
  5. 0.4 miReach Sterling Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.4 miSharp right onto Sterling Lake Loop, heading NW.
  7. 0.2 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

97% dirt2% paved1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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