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Stokes State Forest

Brink Road–Steffen Trail, 3 sights

7.7 mi · ▲ 885 ft · 3 hr 1 min

Brink Road–Steffen Trail, 3 sights is a 7.7-mile out-and-back in Stokes State Forest near Normanook, NJ. It climbs 885 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 48/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi784 – 1,161 ft · steepest grade: 16%7.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Steffen Trail 41.18573, -74.80377
Nearest town Normanook, NJ
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Brink Road–Steffen Trail, 3 sights

7.7 mi · ▲ 885 ft · 3 hr 1 min

Elevation 785–1,162 ft

Out & Back · Stokes State Forest

Trailhead: Steffen Trail · 41.18573, -74.80377

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Steffen Trail, heading S.
  2. 1.2 miContinue straight onto Red Maple Trail, heading S.
  3. 0.5 miBear left onto Coss Road/Red Maple Trail, heading SE.
  4. 0.1 miSharp right 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 Steffen 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 left onto Coss Road/Red Maple Trail, heading NE.
  13. 0.1 miBear right onto Red Maple Trail, heading NW.
  14. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Steffen Trail, heading N.
  15. 1.2 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-steffen-trail-out-back-3-sights-12-km

Trail surface

66% dirt34% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:24 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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