Sterling Forest State Park
Sterling Lake
4.6 mi · ▲ 425 ft · 1 hr 45 min
Sterling Lake is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Sterling Forest State Park near Lakeville, NY. The route reaches Sterling Lake at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It climbs 425 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi751 – 1,001 ft · steepest grade: 15%4.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Pine Meadow Connector 41.20461, -74.24531
Nearest town Lakeville, NY
Directions
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Sterling Lake
4.6 mi · ▲ 425 ft · 1 hr 45 min
Elevation 752–1,001 ft
Out & Back · Sterling Forest State Park
Trailhead: Pine Meadow Connector · 41.20461, -74.24531
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Pine Meadow Connector, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Sterling Lake Loop, heading NW.
- 2 miReach Sterling Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2 miTurn left onto Pine Meadow Connector, heading E.
- 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
45% dirt55% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Pine Meadow Connector Trailhead
- Pine Meadow Trail & Sterling Valley Loop Loop via Sterling Lake Loop 3.2 mi · ▲ 330 ft
- McKeags Meadow Connector–McKeags Meadow Trail, 3 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 497 ft
- Sterling Lake & West Sterling Lake Road via Sterling Lake Loop 5.3 mi · ▲ 425 ft
- Augusta Mine Trail–McKeags Meadow Connector, 3 sights 6.1 mi · ▲ 761 ft
- McKeags Meadow Connector–McKeags Meadow Trail, 6 sights 8.7 mi · ▲ 1,206 ft
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