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Best Hiking Trails in Sterling Forest State Park

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Sterling Forest State Park is a state park in New York.


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  • Hiking Trails (14)
  • Reviews (27)
  1. 1
    McKeags Meadow Loop via Red Back Trail
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ MODERATE 6.2 mi
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    Bare Mountain Loop via Sterling Valley Loop
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ MODERATE 5.9 mi
  3. 3
    Greenwood Lake Loop via Lake to Lake Trail
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ DIFFICULT 9.2 mi
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    McKeags Meadow Loop
    ★ ★ ★ ★ EASY 3.0 mi
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    Eagle Mountain Loop via Palisades 18 and Hutchinson Trail
    ★ ★ ★ MODERATE 7.9 mi
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    Sterling Lake
    ★ ★ ★ ★ EASY 4.0 mi
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    Doris Duke Trail Loop
    ★ ★ ★ ★ EASY 3.5 mi
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    Greenwood Lake Loop via Bare Rock Trail
    ★ ★ ★ DIFFICULT 8.2 mi
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    Greenwood Lake Loop via Bare Rock Trail and Fire Tower Trail
    ★ ★ ★ DIFFICULT 8.5 mi
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    Sterling Lake Loop
    ★ ★ ★ EASY 4.7 mi
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    WildRidge7032 5 years ago
    Track (5/22/21, 3:06:19PM)
    Beautiful hike with amazing view of GWL and a cool beavered up pond. Lots of ticks today but it really was a beautiful hike! Fire road is nice way to start a d end too
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    William Taylor 5 years, 6 months ago
    Sterling Lool
    This is a super nice quiet walk through the woods. Most if it is in forest access roads till you get up the initial climb up to 17a and down the other side to the lake. After the lake it is mountain bike / X Country ski trails. A great hike for anyone, but especially someone who may not like extreme climbing , rocky decents etc. all pretty tame trails. Dog thought it was 100%.
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    GrandBoots4792 5 years, 9 months ago
    Sterling Lake Loop
    Great loop hike around a lake with a cute beach spot for picnics in the middle!
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    Alexis Corchado 6 years, 2 months ago
    Sterling Forest Fire Tower & Lake Loop
    Lovely Loop. Easy hike well suited to beginners although it’s almost 7 mi. long. Gorgeous 360 degree view from the Stirling fire tower. The stretch of trail along Stirling Lake is very pretty. Views, lakes, cascading streams, and rolling terrain. Overall, a great hike... Bald Eagles above Stirling Lake!! Pelted by melting ice flowing down from the tree tops during the morning. Wear a light shell next time even though it was sunny and relatively warm.
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    FrostySwamp1444 1 year, 4 months ago
    Wednesday Lunch Hiking
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    GrandBoots4792 1 year, 5 months ago
    Christmas hike
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    Marc Forrest 1 year, 8 months ago
    Track (9/14/24, 12:34:00PM)
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    nycta11214 2 years, 3 months ago
    軌跡 (10/1/23 上午9:44:40)
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    SafeLowland1780 2 years, 5 months ago
    McKeags Meadow Loop via Red Back Trail
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    SmartHike6699 2 years, 9 months ago
    Sterling forest lake loop
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    YoungLamp3484 2 years, 11 months ago
    Track (6/3/23, 8:39:08AM)
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    FairHat7262 2 years, 11 months ago
    Sterling Forest Bare Rock Trail (6/4/23, 11:44:11AM)
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    SafeFern8762 3 years, 5 months ago
    Stirring Forest
    ★ ★ ★

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    WildRidge7032 5 years, 1 month ago
    Sterling Valley Loop Trail
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    DawnBluff7702 5 years, 2 months ago
    Sterling Lake Track (3/27/21, 14:10:49)
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    HugePine9548 5 years, 2 months ago
    Sterling Lake Loop
    ★ ★ ★ ★

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    GrandBoots4792 5 years, 2 months ago
    Sterling ridge loop
    ★ ★ ★ ★

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    Rob Knoll 5 years, 3 months ago
    D-Res to Stone Overlook
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    RedGlide9365 5 years, 5 months ago
    Sterling Forest (12/26/20, 8:06:18AM)
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    SassyXC-Ski1499 5 years, 5 months ago
    Greenwood Lake Loop via Bare Rock Trail
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    Ralu 5 years, 8 months ago
    Track (9/12/20, 5:04:15PM)
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    Brent Jenkins 5 years, 11 months ago
    Sterling Forest State Park NY Family Hike
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    EpicDelta3649 6 years ago
    Greenwood Lake Loop via Bare Rock Trail
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    EpicDelta3649 6 years ago
    Bare Rock loop (Orange & Red)
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    EpicDelta3649 6 years, 1 month ago
    Orange - Green - Red Trail
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    EpicDelta3649 6 years, 1 month ago
    Stirling Lake - Blue Trail & Lakeville Iron Works
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

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    No Thanks 6 years, 2 months ago
    Sterling Forest
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