Tower Viewpoint–Stony Lake, 6 sights is a 4-mile out-and-back in Stokes State Forest near Tuttles Corner, NJ. The route passes Stokes Beach, Stony Lake and Tower Viewpoint. It climbs 601 ft, with sections as steep as 31% grade. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi889 – 1,499 ft · steepest grade: 31%4.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Stony Brook/Blue Mountain Loop Trail 41.20320, -74.77287
Nearest town Tuttles Corner, NJ
Directions
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Tower Viewpoint–Stony Lake, 6 sights
4 mi · ▲ 601 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Elevation 888–1,499 ft
Out & Back · Stokes State Forest
Trailhead: Stony Brook/Blue Mountain Loop Trail · 41.20320, -74.77287
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Stony Brook/Blue Mountain Loop Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Stokes Beach.
- 50 ftPass Stony Lake.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Stony Brook/Tower Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Stony Brook Trail, heading NE.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
- 1 miPass Tower Viewpoint.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Tower Trail, heading N.
- 1 miSharp left onto Stony Brook/Tower Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Stony Brook/Blue Mountain Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 400 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
59% dirt41% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:24 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Stony Brook/Blue Mountain Loop Trail Trailhead
- Appalachian Viewpoint–Tower Viewpoint, 7 sights 3.2 mi · ▲ 625 ft
- Stony Lake–Stokes Beach, 3 beaches 3.6 mi · ▲ 283 ft
- Stony Lake–Stokes Beach, 4 sights 9.2 mi · ▲ 694 ft
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