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Stokes State Forest

Brink Road–Jacobs Ladder Trail, 3 sights

4.5 mi · ▲ 575 ft · 1 hr 47 min

Brink Road–Jacobs Ladder Trail, 3 sights is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Stokes State Forest near Crandon Lakes, NJ. It climbs 575 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 41/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi942 – 1,394 ft · steepest grade: 18%4.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Brink Road 41.14548, -74.83832
Nearest town Crandon Lakes, NJ
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Brink Road–Jacobs Ladder Trail, 3 sights

4.5 mi · ▲ 575 ft · 1 hr 47 min

Elevation 942–1,394 ft

Out & Back · Stokes State Forest

Trailhead: Brink Road · 41.14548, -74.83832

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

  1. Start on Brink Road, heading NW.
  2. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Brink Road/Shelter Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right onto Brink Road, heading N.
  4. 450 ftSharp right onto Woods Road/Red Maple Trail, heading NE.
  5. 1.3 miSharp left onto Coss Road/Red Maple Trail, heading NW.
  6. 0.1 miReach Brink Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.1 miBear right onto Jacobs Ladder Trail, heading SE.
  8. 0.4 miTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
  9. 1.5 miTurn left onto Brink Road, heading W.
  10. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/brink-road-jacobs-ladder-trail-out-back-3-sights-7-km

Trail surface

67% dirt33% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:24 PM

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