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Stokes State Forest is a state park located in Sandyston, Montague and Frankford in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States.Stokes comprises 16,447 acres (66.56 km 2) of mountainous woods in the Kittatinny Mountains, extending from the southern boundary of High Point State Park southwestward to the eastern boundary of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.
Blue Mountain is a peak of the Kittatinny Mountains in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States.The mountain is 1,420 feet (433 m) in height. It lies along the Appalachian Trail in Stokes State Forest, 4 miles west of the U.S. Route 206 crossing, and overlooks Quick's Pond to the south, and Mecca Lake to the southeast.
The mountain is 1,650 feet (503 m) tall, and overlooks Beemerville to the east. It lies along the Appalachian Trail in Stokes State Forest. The crest of Sunrise Mountain is one of the most frequently visited sites in Stokes State Forest.
New Jersey's state park system includes properties as small as the 32-acre (0.13 km 2) Barnegat Lighthouse State Park and as large as the 115,000-acre (470 km 2) Wharton State Forest. The state park system comprises 430,928 acres (1,743.90 km 2 )—roughly 7.7% of New Jersey's land area—and serves over 17.8 million annual visitors.
The National Trails System Act of 1968 designated the Pacific Crest Trail and Appalachian Trail as the first national scenic trails [41] and paved the way for a series of such trails within the national park and national forest systems. [42] Trail volunteers worked with the National Park Service to map a permanent route for the trail, and by ...
Wawayanda State Park is a 34,350 acres (139.0 km 2) state park in Sussex County and Passaic County in northern New Jersey. The park is in Vernon Township on the Sussex side, and West Milford on the Passaic side. There are 60 miles (97 km) of hiking trails in the park, including a 20 miles (32 km) stretch of the Appalachian Trail.
The state Department of Environmental Protection acquired the mill property in 1976 and incorporated it into Swartswood State Park. [37] The park's 1.2-mile (1.9 km) Grist Mill Trail begins at the site and features a stand of red cedar trees, steep terrain, and views of the southern parts of lake. [19] [33]
It goes to Sunfish Pond, and continues northeast to Stokes State Forest. The trail crosses Route 206 and continues along the ridgeline of the Kittatinny Mountains to High Point State Park, eventually entering New York. Of the 2,174 miles (3,499 km) of trail, 28 miles (45 km) are within the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. [17]