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Stokes State Forest

Lake Shawanni–Shay Road/Trail, 4 sights

8.7 mi · ▲ 812 ft · 3 hr 18 min

Lake Shawanni–Shay Road/Trail, 4 sights is an 8.7-mile out-and-back in Stokes State Forest near Normanook, NJ. The route reaches Lake Shawanni at the turnaround, 4.3 miles in. It climbs 812 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 61/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi784 – 1,161 ft · steepest grade: 17%8.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Steffen Trail 41.18573, -74.80377
Nearest town Normanook, NJ
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Lake Shawanni–Shay Road/Trail, 4 sights

8.7 mi · ▲ 812 ft · 3 hr 18 min

Elevation 785–1,162 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

  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. 1.3 miBear right onto Brink Road, heading W.
  6. 0.2 miTurn right onto Shay Road/Trail, heading N.
  7. 1 miReach Lake Shawanni, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 1 miTurn left onto Brink Road, heading SE.
  9. 0.2 miBear left onto Woods Road/Red Maple Trail, heading E.
  10. 1.3 miSharp left onto Coss Road/Red Maple Trail, heading NE.
  11. 0.1 miBear right onto Red Maple Trail, heading NW.
  12. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Steffen Trail, heading N.
  13. 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/lake-shawanni-lake-shawanni-out-back-5-sights-14-km

Trail surface

57% gravel43% 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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