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
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Jacobs Ladder Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Coss Road/Red Maple Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Coss Road, heading W.
- 1 miReach Jacobs Ladder Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miBear right onto Coss Road/Red Maple Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Jacobs Ladder Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 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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