Stokes State Forest

Coss Road & Steffen Trail

5.6 mi · ▲ 687 ft · 2 hr 13 min

Coss Road & Steffen Trail is a 5.6-mile out-and-back in Stokes State Forest near Normanook, NJ. It climbs 687 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 53/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi784 – 1,161 ft · steepest grade: 17%5.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Steffen Trail 41.18573, -74.80377
Nearest town Normanook, NJ

Directions

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Coss Road & Steffen Trail

5.6 mi · ▲ 687 ft · 2 hr 13 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 miTurn right onto Coss Road, heading W.
  4. 1.1 miReach Steffen Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 1 miTurn left onto Red Maple Trail, heading NE.
  6. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Steffen Trail, heading N.
  7. 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 surface

62% dirt38% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:24 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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