Stokes State Forest
Swenson Trail & Tinsley Trail via Blue Mountain Loop Trail
5.2 mi · ▲ 618 ft · 2 hr 3 min
Swenson Trail & Tinsley Trail via Blue Mountain Loop Trail is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Stokes State Forest near Beemerville, NJ. It climbs 618 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Swenson Trail & Tinsley Trail via Blue Mountain Loop Trail
5.2 mi · ▲ 618 ft · 2 hr 3 min
Elevation 894–1,417 ft
Out & Back · Stokes State Forest
Trailhead: Appalachian Trail · 41.21079, -74.73383
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Horses allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Tinsley Trail, heading W.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Tinsley/Blue Mountain Loop Trail, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Blue Mountain Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 0.9 miBear left onto Swenson Trail, heading E.
- 0.8 miReach Tinsley Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Blue Mountain Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Tinsley/Blue Mountain Loop Trail, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Tinsley Trail, heading S.
- 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Horses allowed on the whole route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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