Stokes State Forest

Coss Road & Jacobs Ladder Trail via Appalachian Trail

4 mi · ▲ 779 ft · 1 hr 43 min

Coss Road & Jacobs Ladder Trail via Appalachian Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back in Stokes State Forest near Culvers Inlet, NJ. It climbs 779 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 56/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi935 – 1,276 ft · steepest grade: 25%4.0 mi

Getting there

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

Directions

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Coss Road & Jacobs Ladder Trail via Appalachian Trail

4 mi · ▲ 779 ft · 1 hr 43 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 miBear left onto Coss Road/Red Maple Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.1 miBear left onto Coss Road, heading W.
  6. 1 miReach Jacobs Ladder Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 1 miBear right onto Coss Road/Red Maple Trail, heading SE.
  8. 0.1 miBear right onto Jacobs Ladder Trail, heading E.
  9. 0.4 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

24% dirt76% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:24 PM

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