Lake Shawanni–Coss Road, 5 sights is a 10-mile out-and-back in Stokes State Forest near Wallpack Center, NJ. The route reaches Lake Shawanni at the turnaround, 5 miles in. It climbs 757 ft. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi722 – 1,106 ft10.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Red Maple Trail 41.15841, -74.85879
Nearest town Wallpack Center, NJ
Directions
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Lake Shawanni–Coss Road, 5 sights
10 mi · ▲ 757 ft · 3 hr 43 min
Elevation 722–1,105 ft
Out & Back · Stokes State Forest
Trailhead: Red Maple Trail · 41.15841, -74.85879
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Red Maple Trail, heading SE.
- 1.7 miTurn left onto Woods Road/Red Maple Trail, heading E.
- 1.5 miSharp left onto Coss Road/Red Maple Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Coss Road, heading W.
- 1.1 miSharp left onto Stoll Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miReach Lake Shawanni, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Coss Road, heading SE.
- 1.1 miBear right onto Coss Road/Red Maple Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Woods Road/Red Maple Trail, heading S.
- 1.5 miTurn right onto Red Maple Trail, heading NW.
- 1.7 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
40% dirt27% gravel33% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:24 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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