Stokes State Forest
Stokes State Forest is a state park located in Sandyston, Montague and Frankford in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States. Stokes comprises 16,025 acres (64.85 km2) 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. The park is operated and maintained by the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry.
Stokes State Forest was created in 1907 when Governor Edward Stokes donated 500 acres (2.0 km2) of land on Kittatinny Mountains and the State of New Jersey purchased 5,432 acres (21.98 km2) of land. Due to the governor's generous donation, the forest was named Stokes State forest. The forest started with 5,932 acres (24.01 km2) of land and through the years, additional purchases were made to bring the forest to over 16,000 acres (65 km2). Trails though the forest were made in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps as well as white pine trees being planted.
During the 19th century the forests in New Jersey were cut down for farming and for lumber. Stokes was created to preserve the forests on the Kittatinny Mountains.
Around five hundred million years ago, an arcuate chain of volcanic islands collided with proto-North America. The North American plate was subducted under the chain of islands. The islands overrode the edge of North America, creating the Highlands and Kitattinny Valley which is of the Ordovician Martinsburg Shale. Quartz and the sedimentary conglomerate was transported to an inland sea, which was over part of the Martinsburg shale. The quartz was deposited over the Martinsburg shale.
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