Best hikes in Stokes State Forest
Ambleway maps 32 hikes in Stokes State Forest, from a 1.4-mile walk to a 16-mile day out. All of them score as wild, staying clear of roads and development for most of the route; the wildest is Criss Trail. The biggest climb is Bird Mountain–Buttermilk Falls, 6 sights, gaining 2,368 ft, and the network tops out at 1,645 ft.
- Blue Mountain Viewpoint–Ice Pond, 7 sights 15.2 mi · ▲ 2,215 ft
- Red Maple Trail–Steffen Trail, 3 sights 10.1 mi · ▲ 951 ft
- Swenson Trail & Tinsley Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 314 ft
- Brink Road–Steffen Trail, 3 sights 7.7 mi · ▲ 885 ft
- Criss Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 490 ft
- Shotwell Pond–Blue Mountain Loop Trail, 5 sights 11.7 mi · ▲ 675 ft
- Bird Mountain–Buttermilk Falls, 6 sights 16 mi · ▲ 2,368 ft
- Silver Mine Branch–Silver Mine Trail, 3 sights 5 mi · ▲ 367 ft
- Kittatinny Lake–Stony Lake, 9 sights 10.5 mi · ▲ 834 ft
- Brink Road 3.5 mi · ▲ 489 ft
- Tillman Falls–Tillman Ravine, 5 sights 10.4 mi · ▲ 1,024 ft
- Acropolis Viewpoint–Kittatinny Lake Beach, 7 sights 9.9 mi · ▲ 945 ft
- Blue Mountain Loop Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 138 ft
- Mount McMitchell–Spanish Overlook, 4 viewpoints 11.2 mi · ▲ 1,368 ft
- Coss Road 3.1 mi · ▲ 292 ft
- Criss Trail & Degroat Road 2.3 mi · ▲ 347 ft
- Kittatinny Lake Beach–Kittattiny Beach, 5 beaches 4.2 mi · ▲ 941 ft
- Artesian Spring & Parker/Blue Mountain Loop Trail 1.4 mi · ▲ 135 ft
- Lake Shawanni & Shay Road/Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 261 ft
- Culvers Lake–Jacobs Ladder Trail, 4 sights 10.4 mi · ▲ 1,364 ft
- Jacobs Ladder Trail & Steffen Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 739 ft
- Blue Mountain Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 115 ft
- Lake Wapalanne & Tinsley Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 627 ft
- Appalachian Viewpoint–Lake Wapalanne, 3 sights 3.7 mi · ▲ 608 ft
- Appalachian Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 198 ft
- Appalachian Viewpoint–Tower Viewpoint, 4 sights 2.6 mi · ▲ 221 ft
- Lake Ashroe–Jacobs Ladder Trail, 3 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 1,012 ft
- Appalachian Viewpoint & Tinsley Trail via Appalachian Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 335 ft
- Acropolis Viewpoint–Kittatinny Lake Beach, 7 sights 12 mi · ▲ 1,548 ft
- Stokes Beach–Blue Mountain Loop Trail Loop, 5 sights 5.6 mi · ▲ 627 ft
- Stony Lake–Stokes Beach Loop, 6 sights 5.8 mi · ▲ 598 ft
- Tower Viewpoint–Stokes Beach Loop, 6 sights 6.2 mi · ▲ 700 ft