Stokes State Forest
Silver Mine Branch & Silver Mine Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 373 ft · 1 hr 41 min
Silver Mine Branch & Silver Mine Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Stokes State Forest near Abertown, NJ. It climbs 373 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi722 – 994 ft4.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Blue Mountain Trail 41.22517, -74.76013
Nearest town Abertown, NJ
Directions
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Silver Mine Branch & Silver Mine Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 373 ft · 1 hr 41 min
Elevation 721–994 ft
Out & Back · Stokes State Forest
Trailhead: Blue Mountain Trail · 41.22517, -74.76013
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Blue Mountain Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Silver Mine Trail, heading S.
- 1.1 miSharp left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Silver Mine Branch, heading NE.
- 0.5 miReach Silver Mine Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Silver Mine Trail, heading NE.
- 1.1 miBear right onto Blue Mountain Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 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
76% dirt24% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:24 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Blue Mountain Trail Trailhead
- Blue Mountain Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 138 ft
- Blue Mountain Loop Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 138 ft
- Blue Mountain Trail 4 mi · ▲ 174 ft
- Stokes Beach & Silver Mine Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 456 ft
- Mount McMitchell–Spanish Overlook, 4 viewpoints 11.2 mi · ▲ 1,368 ft
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