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Stokes State Forest

Kittatinny Lake Beach–Kittattiny Beach, 7 sights

8.3 mi · ▲ 1,235 ft · 3 hr 23 min

Kittatinny Lake Beach–Kittattiny Beach, 7 sights is an 8.3-mile out-and-back in Stokes State Forest near Crandon Lakes, NJ. The route passes Kittattiny Beach and Culvers Gap before reaching Kittatinny Lake Beach at the turnaround, 4.1 miles in. It climbs 1,235 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 37/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi919 – 1,371 ft · steepest grade: 20%8.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Brink Road 41.14548, -74.83832
Nearest town Crandon Lakes, NJ
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Kittatinny Lake Beach–Kittattiny Beach, 7 sights

8.3 mi · ▲ 1,235 ft · 3 hr 23 min

Elevation 919–1,372 ft

Out & Back · Stokes State Forest

Trailhead: Brink Road · 41.14548, -74.83832

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:24 PM

  1. Start on Brink Road, heading NW.
  2. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Brink Road/Shelter Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right onto Brink Road, heading N.
  4. 450 ftSharp right onto Woods Road/Red Maple Trail, heading NE.
  5. 1.3 miSharp right onto Jacobs Ladder Trail, heading SE.
  6. 0.4 miTurn left onto Appalachian Trail, heading E.
  7. 1.3 miContinue straight onto Acropolis Trail, heading E.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Appalachian Trail, heading E.
  9. 0.5 miPass Kittattiny Beach.
  10. 50 ftPass Culvers Gap.
  11. 50 ftReach Kittatinny Lake Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Acropolis Trail, heading SW.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
  14. 1.3 miTurn right onto Jacobs Ladder Trail, heading SW.
  15. 0.4 miSharp left onto Woods Road/Red Maple Trail, heading NW.
  16. 1.3 miSharp left onto Brink Road, heading SW.
  17. 450 ftTurn left onto Brink Road/Shelter Trail, heading SW.
  18. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Brink Road, heading S.
  19. 0.4 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-7-sights-13-km

Trail surface

68% dirt32% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:24 PM

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