Highland Lakes State Park
Tamms Pond–Highland Lake, 6 sights
7 mi · ▲ 676 ft · 2 hr 40 min
Tamms Pond–Highland Lake, 6 sights is a 7-mile out-and-back in Highland Lakes State Park near Stony Ford, NY. The route passes Highland Lake, Tamms Pond, Spano Pond and Spano Pond. It climbs 676 ft. It scores 43/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi453 – 705 ft7.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.47790, -74.31859
Nearest town Stony Ford, NY
Directions
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Tamms Pond–Highland Lake, 6 sights
7 mi · ▲ 676 ft · 2 hr 40 min
Elevation 452–704 ft
Out & Back · Highland Lakes State Park
Trailhead: 41.47790, -74.31859
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Oak Road West, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Camp Orange Road, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miPass Highland Lake.
- 100 ftBear right onto Pufftown Road, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 450 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.5 miPass Tamms Pond.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 400 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miPass Spano Pond.
- 300 ftBear left onto Green Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miPass Spano Pond.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Oak Road, heading NE.
- 0.9 miSharp left onto Camp Orange Road, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Oak Road West, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM
More from this trailhead
- Oak Road West 3.1 mi · ▲ 329 ft
- Ice Trail via Oak Road West 3.2 mi · ▲ 409 ft
- Spano Pond–Oak Road West, 3 sights 4.4 mi · ▲ 244 ft
- Inwood Road & Oak Road West Loop 4.5 mi · ▲ 611 ft
- Stirba Park–Inwood Road, 3 sights 6.1 mi · ▲ 639 ft
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