Stokes State Forest

Brink Road–Jacobs Ladder Trail, 3 sights

6.4 mi · ▲ 889 ft · 2 hr 35 min

Brink Road–Jacobs Ladder Trail, 3 sights is a 6.4-mile out-and-back in Stokes State Forest near Culvers Inlet, NJ. It climbs 889 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 63/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi824 – 1,276 ft · steepest grade: 22%6.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.15573, -74.81594
Nearest town Culvers Inlet, NJ

Directions

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Brink Road–Jacobs Ladder Trail, 3 sights

6.4 mi · ▲ 889 ft · 2 hr 35 min

Elevation 825–1,277 ft

Out & Back · Stokes State Forest

Trailhead: 41.15573, -74.81594

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:24 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.5 miTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading N.
  3. 50 ftTurn left onto Jacobs Ladder Trail, heading NW.
  4. 0.4 miSharp left onto Woods Road/Red Maple Trail, heading SW.
  5. 1.3 miBear right onto Brink Road, heading W.
  6. 1.1 miReach Jacobs Ladder Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 1.1 miBear left onto Woods Road/Red Maple Trail, heading NE.
  8. 1.3 miSharp right onto Jacobs Ladder Trail, heading SE.
  9. 0.3 miTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading S.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  11. 0.5 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

47% gravel11% dirt42% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:24 PM

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