2025-07-17 13 31 02 View east up Tillman Brook in Tillman Ravine Natural Area within Stokes State Forest in Walpack Township, Sussex County, New Jersey.jpg
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Tillman Falls–Lake Ashroe, 6 sights is a 10-mile out-and-back in Stokes State Forest near Normanook, NJ. The route passes Lake Ashroe and Tillman Falls before reaching Tillman Ravine at the turnaround, 5 miles in. It climbs 919 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 71/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi663 – 1,142 ft10.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Red Maple Trail 41.18388, -74.81123
Nearest town Normanook, NJ

Directions

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Tillman Falls–Lake Ashroe, 6 sights

10 mi · ▲ 919 ft · 3 hr 48 min

Elevation 661–1,143 ft

Out & Back · Stokes State Forest

Trailhead: Red Maple Trail · 41.18388, -74.81123

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:24 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Red Maple Trail, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftPass Lake Ashroe.
  3. 1.5 miBear left onto Coss Road/Red Maple Trail, heading SE.
  4. 0.1 miSharp right onto Woods Road/Red Maple Trail, heading SW.
  5. 1.5 miTurn right onto Red Maple Trail, heading NW.
  6. 1.6 miContinue straight onto Tillman Ravine Trail, heading SW.
  7. 0.2 miPass Tillman Ravine.
  8. 50 ftReach Tillman Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Red Maple Trail, heading NE.
  10. 1.6 miTurn left onto Woods Road/Red Maple Trail, heading E.
  11. 1.5 miSharp left onto Coss Road/Red Maple Trail, heading NW.
  12. 0.1 miBear right onto Red Maple Trail, heading N.
  13. 1.5 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

70% dirt27% gravel3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:24 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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