Hiking in New Jersey and Beyond
Complete hike details, photos, and video on our Sterling Forest page. Finally a “cool” 80 degree partly-sunny day… what a nice change. Sterling Forest is just over the NJ-NY border in New York, to the west of Harriman State Park. We hadn’t been there in awhile, and decided to check out the Bare Rock trail [...]
Sterling Forest, Allis to AT out and back, 8.7 miles, 4.5 hours. Mid 80s, cloudy then sunny and humid/hazy. Wouldn’t recommend this route, traffic noise at parts, trail wasn’t bad, a little overgrown and grassy, just not very scenic. We wanted to get some basic miles in to train for a trip so it met [...]
8.5 miles. BLUE – YELLOW – BLUE (Sterling Ridge/Highlands) – RED – WHITE. From central Jersey: Parkway N, 87N to 17 to 72 Sterling Mine Road to 84. Visitor Center is very nice, several displays, a ranger, maps, exceptional bathrooms. P11 hiker parking is across the road from the visitor center parking. Basically most of [...]
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