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Stokes State Forest

Brink Road–Jacobs Ladder Trail, 3 sights

5.7 mi · ▲ 863 ft · 2 hr 20 min

Brink Road–Jacobs Ladder Trail, 3 sights is a 5.7-mile out-and-back in Stokes State Forest near Culvers Inlet, NJ. It climbs 863 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 47/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi935 – 1,276 ft · steepest grade: 23%5.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.15573, -74.81594
Nearest town Culvers Inlet, NJ
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Brink Road–Jacobs Ladder Trail, 3 sights

5.7 mi · ▲ 863 ft · 2 hr 20 min

Elevation 936–1,277 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 miSharp left onto Brink Road, heading SE.
  6. 450 ftTurn left onto Brink Road/Shelter Trail, heading SE.
  7. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Brink Road, heading S.
  8. 0.4 miReach Jacobs Ladder Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Brink Road/Shelter Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right onto Brink Road, heading NW.
  11. 450 ftSharp right onto Woods Road/Red Maple Trail, heading NW.
  12. 1.3 miSharp right onto Jacobs Ladder Trail, heading NE.
  13. 0.4 miTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading SE.
  14. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  15. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/brink-road-jacobs-ladder-trail-out-back-3-sights-9-km

Trail surface

47% gravel37% dirt16% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:24 PM

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