Stokes State Forest
Jacobs Ladder Trail & Steffen Trail
4.4 mi · ▲ 739 ft · 1 hr 50 min
Jacobs Ladder Trail & Steffen Trail is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Stokes State Forest near Normanook, NJ. It climbs 739 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 42/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi784 – 1,276 ft · steepest grade: 20%4.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Steffen Trail 41.18573, -74.80377
Nearest town Normanook, NJ
Directions
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Jacobs Ladder Trail & Steffen Trail
4.4 mi · ▲ 739 ft · 1 hr 50 min
Elevation 785–1,277 ft
Out & Back · Stokes State Forest
Trailhead: Steffen Trail · 41.18573, -74.80377
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
Horses allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Steffen Trail, heading S.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Red Maple Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Coss Road/Red Maple Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Jacobs Ladder Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miReach Steffen Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Coss Road/Red Maple Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Red Maple Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Steffen Trail, heading N.
- 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:24 PM
Good to know
- Horses allowed on the whole route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Lake Ashroe & Steffen Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 699 ft
- Coss Road & Steffen Trail 5.6 mi · ▲ 687 ft
- Brink Road–Steffen Trail, 3 sights 7.7 mi · ▲ 885 ft
- Kittatinny Lake Beach–Kittattiny Beach, 6 sights 7.9 mi · ▲ 1,385 ft
- Brink Road–Steffen Trail, 3 sights 8.5 mi · ▲ 801 ft
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