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Sterling Forest State Park

Sterling Lake & Sterling Valley Loop via Sterling Lake Loop

7.7 mi · ▲ 923 ft · 3 hr 2 min

Sterling Lake & Sterling Valley Loop via Sterling Lake Loop is a 7.7-mile out-and-back in Sterling Forest State Park near Dutch Hollow, NY. The route reaches Sterling Lake. It climbs 923 ft. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi751 – 1,168 ft7.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.22968, -74.26041
Nearest town Dutch Hollow, NY
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Sterling Lake & Sterling Valley Loop via Sterling Lake Loop

7.7 mi · ▲ 923 ft · 3 hr 2 min

Elevation 752–1,167 ft

Out & Back · Sterling Forest State Park

Trailhead: 41.22968, -74.26041

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 150 ftContinue straight onto Sterling Valley Loop, heading SE.
  3. 1.5 miSharp left onto Sterling Lake Loop, heading N.
  4. 50 ftPass Sterling Lake.
  5. 2 miTurn left onto Pine Meadow Connector, heading E.
  6. 0.3 miReach Sterling Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right onto Sterling Lake Loop, heading NW.
  8. 2 miSharp right onto Sterling Valley Loop, heading S.
  9. 1.5 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/sterling-lake-sterling-valley-loop-out-back-12-km

Trail surface

27% dirt73% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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