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Stokes State Forest

Stony Lake–Stokes Beach Loop, 6 sights

5.8 mi · ▲ 598 ft · 2 hr 14 min

Stony Lake–Stokes Beach Loop, 6 sights is a 5.8-mile loop in Stokes State Forest near Beemerville, NJ. The route passes Stokes Beach, Stony Lake and Stokes Beach. It climbs 598 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi889 – 1,486 ft5.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Appalachian Trail 41.21079, -74.73383
Nearest town Beemerville, NJ
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Stony Lake–Stokes Beach Loop, 6 sights

5.8 mi · ▲ 598 ft · 2 hr 14 min

Elevation 888–1,487 ft

Loop · 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 left onto Blue Mountain Loop Trail, heading SW.
  3. 1.7 miPass Stokes Beach.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Stony Brook/Blue Mountain Loop Trail, heading W.
  5. 0.1 miReach Stony Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 200 ftTurn right onto Stony Lake Trail, heading W.
  7. 0.2 miPass Stokes Beach.
  8. 50 ftTurn left onto Coursen Trail, heading SE.
  9. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Stony Brook/Tower Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Stony Brook Trail, heading NE.
  11. 1.1 miTurn left onto Appalachian Trail, heading SE.
  12. 1.3 miThe loop closes 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/stony-lake-loop

Trail surface

64% dirt1% paved35% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:24 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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