Culvers Lake–Jacobs Ladder Trail, 4 sights is a 10.4-mile out-and-back in Stokes State Forest near Wallpack Center, NJ. The route reaches Culvers Lake at the turnaround, 5.2 miles in. It climbs 1,364 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 55/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi722 – 1,371 ft · steepest grade: 23%10.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Red Maple Trail 41.15841, -74.85879
Nearest town Wallpack Center, NJ
Directions
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Culvers Lake–Jacobs Ladder Trail, 4 sights
10.4 mi · ▲ 1,364 ft · 4 hr 9 min
Elevation 722–1,372 ft
Out & Back · Stokes State Forest
Trailhead: Red Maple Trail · 41.15841, -74.85879
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Red Maple Trail, heading SE.
- 1.7 miTurn left onto Woods Road/Red Maple Trail, heading E.
- 1.5 miSharp right onto Jacobs Ladder Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Appalachian Trail, heading E.
- 1.3 miSharp right onto Acropolis Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miReach Culvers Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Appalachian Trail, heading W.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Jacobs Ladder Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Woods Road/Red Maple Trail, heading N.
- 1.5 miTurn right onto Red Maple Trail, heading NW.
- 1.7 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
75% dirt25% gravel
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:24 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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