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–Tillman Ravine, 5 sights is a 10.4-mile out-and-back in Stokes State Forest near Normanook, NJ. The route passes Tillman Falls before reaching Tillman Ravine at the turnaround, 5.2 miles in. It climbs 1,024 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 63/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi676 – 1,161 ft · steepest grade: 17%10.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Steffen Trail 41.18573, -74.80377
Nearest town Normanook, NJ

Directions

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Tillman Falls–Tillman Ravine, 5 sights

10.4 mi · ▲ 1,024 ft · 3 hr 59 min

Elevation 675–1,162 ft

Out & Back · Stokes State Forest

Trailhead: Steffen Trail · 41.18573, -74.80377

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Steffen Trail, heading S.
  2. 1.2 miContinue straight onto Red Maple Trail, heading S.
  3. 0.5 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. 1.7 miTurn left onto Tillman Ravine Trail, heading SW.
  7. 0.1 miPass Tillman Ravine.
  8. 50 ftReach Tillman Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right onto Red Maple Trail, heading SE.
  10. 1.7 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. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Steffen Trail, heading N.
  14. 1.2 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

71% dirt26% gravel3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:24 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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