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

  1. Start on Tinsley Trail, heading W.
  2. 0.8 miTurn right onto Tinsley/Blue Mountain Loop Trail, heading N.
  3. 400 ftContinue straight onto Tinsley Trail, heading NW.
  4. 0.7 miBear right, heading NW.
  5. 0.3 miReach Lake Wapalanne, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 1 miContinue straight onto Tinsley/Blue Mountain Loop Trail, heading SE.
  7. 400 ftTurn left onto Tinsley Trail, heading S.
  8. 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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