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Stokes State Forest

Shotwell Pond–Blue Mountain Loop Trail, 5 sights

11.7 mi · ▲ 675 ft · 4 hr 14 min

Shotwell Pond–Blue Mountain Loop Trail, 5 sights is an 11.7-mile out-and-back in Stokes State Forest near Beemerville, NJ. The route reaches Shotwell Pond at the turnaround, 5.8 miles in. It climbs 675 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 58/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi564 – 1,050 ft11.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Swenson Trail 41.23350, -74.72740
Nearest town Beemerville, NJ
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Shotwell Pond–Blue Mountain Loop Trail, 5 sights

11.7 mi · ▲ 675 ft · 4 hr 14 min

Elevation 565–1,050 ft

Out & Back · Stokes State Forest

Trailhead: Swenson Trail · 41.23350, -74.72740

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:24 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Swenson Trail, heading SW.
  2. 0.8 miBear right onto Blue Mountain Loop Trail, heading W.
  3. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
  4. 0.4 miBear right onto Tinsley Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.6 miTurn left onto Blue Mountain Trail, heading SW.
  6. 1.5 miTurn left onto Blue Mountain Loop Trail, heading SE.
  7. 2 miReach Shotwell Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 2 miTurn right onto Blue Mountain Trail, heading NE.
  9. 1.5 miTurn right onto Tinsley Trail, heading E.
  10. 0.6 miBear left, heading S.
  11. 0.4 miTurn left onto Blue Mountain Loop Trail, heading E.
  12. 0.6 miBear left onto Swenson Trail, heading NE.
  13. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/shotwell-pond-out-back

Trail surface

78% dirt22% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:24 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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