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Red Maple Trail–Steffen Trail, 3 sights is a 10.1-mile out-and-back in Stokes State Forest near Wallpack Center, NJ. It climbs 951 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 63/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi722 – 1,161 ft · steepest grade: 17%10.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Red Maple Trail 41.15841, -74.85879
Nearest town Wallpack Center, NJ

Directions

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Red Maple Trail–Steffen Trail, 3 sights

10.1 mi · ▲ 951 ft · 3 hr 51 min

Elevation 722–1,162 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

Horses allowed on the whole route · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Red Maple Trail, heading SE.
  2. 1.7 miTurn left onto Woods Road/Red Maple Trail, heading E.
  3. 1.5 miSharp left onto Coss Road/Red Maple Trail, heading NW.
  4. 0.1 miBear right onto Red Maple Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Steffen Trail, heading N.
  6. 1.2 miReach Red Maple Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 1.2 miContinue straight onto Red Maple Trail, heading S.
  8. 0.5 miBear left onto Coss Road/Red Maple Trail, heading SE.
  9. 0.1 miSharp right onto Woods Road/Red Maple Trail, heading S.
  10. 1.5 miTurn right onto Red Maple Trail, heading NW.
  11. 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

74% dirt26% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:24 PM

Good to know

  • Horses allowed on the whole route
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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