Stokes State Forest
Lake Wapalanne & Tinsley Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 627 ft · 1 hr 31 min
Lake Wapalanne & Tinsley Trail is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Stokes State Forest near Beemerville, NJ. The route reaches Lake Wapalanne at the turnaround, 1.8 miles in. It climbs 627 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi784 – 1,417 ft · steepest grade: 15%3.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Appalachian Trail 41.21079, -74.73383
Nearest town Beemerville, NJ
Directions
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Lake Wapalanne & Tinsley Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 627 ft · 1 hr 31 min
Elevation 783–1,417 ft
Out & Back · Stokes State Forest
Trailhead: Appalachian Trail · 41.21079, -74.73383
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Tinsley Trail, heading W.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Tinsley/Blue Mountain Loop Trail, heading N.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Tinsley Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miReach Lake Wapalanne, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Tinsley/Blue Mountain Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Tinsley Trail, heading S.
- 0.8 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
42% dirt58% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:24 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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