Stokes State Forest
Culvers Lake–Lake Ashroe, 4 sights
7.3 mi · ▲ 1,363 ft · 3 hr 7 min
Culvers Lake–Lake Ashroe, 4 sights is a 7.3-mile out-and-back in Stokes State Forest near Normanook, NJ. The route passes Lake Ashroe before reaching Culvers Lake at the turnaround, 3.7 miles in. It climbs 1,363 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 40/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Culvers Lake–Lake Ashroe, 4 sights
7.3 mi · ▲ 1,363 ft · 3 hr 7 min
Elevation 801–1,372 ft
Out & Back · Stokes State Forest
Trailhead: Red Maple Trail · 41.18388, -74.81123
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Red Maple Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Lake Ashroe.
- 1.5 miBear left onto Coss Road/Red Maple Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Jacobs Ladder Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Appalachian Trail, heading E.
- 1.3 miSharp right onto Acropolis Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miReach Culvers Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Appalachian Trail, heading NE.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Jacobs Ladder Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Coss Road/Red Maple Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Red Maple Trail, heading NW.
- 1.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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