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Stokes State Forest

Kittatinny Lake Beach–Kittattiny Beach, 6 sights

7.9 mi · ▲ 1,385 ft · 3 hr 20 min

Kittatinny Lake Beach–Kittattiny Beach, 6 sights is a 7.9-mile out-and-back in Stokes State Forest near Normanook, NJ. The route passes Kittattiny Beach and Culvers Gap before reaching Kittatinny Lake Beach at the turnaround, 4 miles in. It climbs 1,385 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 29/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi784 – 1,371 ft8.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Steffen Trail 41.18573, -74.80377
Nearest town Normanook, NJ
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Kittatinny Lake Beach–Kittattiny Beach, 6 sights

7.9 mi · ▲ 1,385 ft · 3 hr 20 min

Elevation 785–1,372 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 miBear right onto Jacobs Ladder Trail, heading SE.
  5. 0.4 miTurn left onto Appalachian Trail, heading E.
  6. 1.3 miContinue straight onto Acropolis Trail, heading E.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Appalachian Trail, heading E.
  8. 0.5 miReach Kittatinny Lake Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 50 ftPass Kittattiny Beach.
  10. 50 ftPass Culvers Gap.
  11. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Acropolis Trail, heading SW.
  12. 100 ftContinue straight onto Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
  13. 1.3 miTurn right onto Jacobs Ladder Trail, heading SW.
  14. 0.4 miBear left onto Coss Road/Red Maple Trail, heading NW.
  15. 0.1 miBear right onto Red Maple Trail, heading NW.
  16. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Steffen Trail, heading N.
  17. 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/kittatinny-lake-beach-kittattiny-beach-out-back-6-sights-13-km

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:24 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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