Stokes State Forest

Silver Mine Branch–Silver Mine Trail, 4 sights

9.5 mi · ▲ 647 ft · 3 hr 29 min

Silver Mine Branch–Silver Mine Trail, 4 sights is a 9.5-mile out-and-back in Stokes State Forest near Beemerville, NJ. It climbs 647 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi722 – 1,050 ft9.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Swenson Trail 41.23350, -74.72740
Nearest town Beemerville, NJ

Directions

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Silver Mine Branch–Silver Mine Trail, 4 sights

9.5 mi · ▲ 647 ft · 3 hr 29 min

Elevation 721–1,050 ft

Out & Back · Stokes State Forest

Trailhead: Swenson Trail · 41.23350, -74.72740

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:24 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Swenson Trail, heading SW.
  2. 0.8 miBear right onto Blue Mountain Loop Trail, heading W.
  3. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
  4. 0.4 miBear right onto Tinsley Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.6 miTurn left onto Blue Mountain Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.8 miBear left onto Silver Mine Trail, heading S.
  7. 1.1 miSharp left, heading E.
  8. 50 ftTurn left onto Silver Mine Branch, heading NE.
  9. 0.5 miReach Swenson Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
  11. 50 ftSharp right onto Silver Mine Trail, heading NE.
  12. 1.1 miBear right onto Blue Mountain Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.8 miTurn right onto Tinsley Trail, heading NE.
  14. 0.6 miBear left, heading SE.
  15. 0.4 miTurn left onto Blue Mountain Loop Trail, heading E.
  16. 0.6 miBear left onto Swenson Trail, heading NE.
  17. 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

70% dirt30% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:24 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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