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Stokes State Forest

Jacobs Ladder Trail–Steffen Trail, 4 sights

9.4 mi · ▲ 1,307 ft · 3 hr 47 min

Jacobs Ladder Trail–Steffen Trail, 4 sights is a 9.4-mile out-and-back in Stokes State Forest near Normanook, NJ. It climbs 1,307 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 47/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi784 – 1,444 ft · steepest grade: 16%9.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Steffen Trail 41.18573, -74.80377
Nearest town Normanook, NJ
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Jacobs Ladder Trail–Steffen Trail, 4 sights

9.4 mi · ▲ 1,307 ft · 3 hr 47 min

Elevation 785–1,444 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 miBear left onto Coss Road/Red Maple Trail, heading SE.
  4. 0.1 miSharp right onto Woods Road/Red Maple Trail, heading SW.
  5. 1.5 miContinue straight onto Woods Road, heading SW.
  6. 1.3 miTurn left onto Appalachian Trail, heading NE.
  7. 2.5 miTurn left onto Jacobs Ladder Trail, heading NW.
  8. 0.4 miBear left onto Coss Road/Red Maple Trail, heading W.
  9. 0.1 miBear right onto Red Maple Trail, heading NW.
  10. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Steffen Trail, heading N.
  11. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/jacobs-ladder-trail-steffen-trail-out-back-4-sights

Trail surface

82% dirt18% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:24 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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