Assunpink Wildlife Management Area
Stone Tavern Lake & Rising Sun Loop
6 mi · ▲ 363 ft · 2 hr 11 min
Stone Tavern Lake & Rising Sun Loop is a 6-mile out-and-back in Assunpink Wildlife Management Area near Robinsville, NJ. The route reaches Stone Tavern Lake. It climbs 363 ft. It scores 27/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Stone Tavern Lake & Rising Sun Loop
6 mi · ▲ 363 ft · 2 hr 11 min
Elevation 157–306 ft
Out & Back · Assunpink Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: 40.19572, -74.48603
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 79°F / low 68° · precip 3% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Stone Tavern Lake.
- 50 ftBear left onto Con Center - Stone Tavern, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Omni Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Rising Sun Loop, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 1.3 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miReach Stone Tavern Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 1.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Omni Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Con Center - Stone Tavern, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.7 mi in (~73 min). Leave by 5:52 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:52 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Stone Tavern Lake & Con Center - Stone Tavern 2.5 mi · ▲ 117 ft
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