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Stokes State Forest Spring, Branchville, NJ

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Description:

Fantastic spring that you can pull your car right up to. No fee to access the spring except for admission to the state park. Metal spout makes accessing water easy.

Nearest Address

1 Coursen Road Branchville, NJ 07826

Directions from Nearest Address

Follow the road into the state park, when you get to the first intersection, take a left and go down till you see the spring on the right side of the road. You can pull your car right up to the spring and fill up.

Vital Information

 

  • Fee: Park fee $5.00 weekdays, $10.00 weekends
  • Access: Public
  • Flow: Continuous
  • TDS: 33
  • Temp: 52 F
  • pH: 6

Hours Spring is Open:

24 hours.

GPS:

Unknown

Map Link:  Stokes State Forest Spring Map

Submitted by: Jeff Skeirik & Dhrumil Purohit

Category : New Jersey / USA
  • http://www.rawmodel.com Anthony

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    awesome place…this water is amazing and the place is wonderful to visit.

  • Scott

    I did a 'boil off' test of the water from this spring, and it unfortunately left quite a bit of white scale behind in my pot.. means that there is bad calcium in this water, and it's not an appropriate spring for drinking..

  • Name

    I have not encountered the scale Scott refers to and Ive been getting water there for months, and done such a test. I also know a few local residents who for years now get their water here with no such result. its still one of the areas best kept secrets.

  • http://www.rawmodel.com Anthony

    I agree…the tds is very low here. Scott might want to make sure his bottle is really clean. Even if so…there is going to be something in there. He can keep drinking distilled if he is so turned off, but I would never ever abandon stokes unless something really serious came up. This water is so great.

    Scott…if youre close to NYC, check out Cold Spring harbor in Long Island.

  • Name

    There is no fee if you go off season or off hours. The gatehouse is closed between Labor Day and Memorial Day and after 4pm during the summer. I've never had to pay to get water.

  • Scott

    alrighty.. i'm going to give it another shot.. going there today to fill some bottles and see what I get :)

  • Scott

    alrighty.. i'm going to give it another shot.. going there today to fill some bottles and see what I get :)

  • Tom

    I canot tell for sure from this video but the spot the they are shown taking water. is not the spout of the original spring. The state let the original grow over I believe it was call Kitatinny Springs and I can remember 40 years taking water from that spot of the original spring the best water I ever tasted ,The other water taps dont compare

  • Alpinelude99

    Just visited this spring for the first time. TDS reading was 47, temp 14c, ph near 6(used strips)

  • Val

    Is the Spring still open now in January to go and fill up?

  • hickpop

    Yes, it’s open, the gatehouse is closed, so there is no admission, just drive through the gatehouse and take the first left. The spring is on the right.

  • Alex38

    Yes definitely open for the winter. I filled up here today and can confirm that it’s super easy even with lots of snow. I literally parked about 10 feet from the spout and quickly filled up three glass bottles.

    The only strange thing about it was the flow regularly increased and decreased every minute or two. The flow probably doubled or tripled during the increase. Does anyone know what the story is there? It didn’t strike me as something that would happen naturally, but I’m no aquifer expert.

  • CosmicCrystallineWater

    Awesome video! RAw and wild water food-living,
    I’m a local N.J., hometown resident, and I would to know how this area of the park looks? Where is it precisely? At the present moment, is it covered with snow and ice? I do my absolute best with only drinking the purest source of water. And the closest, most best that I have is a local spring, here in Clifton, NJ. But I am ready to take my Cosmic Water Shamanism to the next level.

  • JuicingArt

    visited this spring on the coldest day of the year – it was about 14 degrees F, and the spring was still flowing nicely. The water here tastes so pure, it’s worth the drive – not to mention the beautiful scenery. http://www.juicingart.com/1/post/2011/01/drink-raw-water-stokes-forest-spring.html is a photo blog entry with more details about our visit to the spring.

  • Lumberjak1984

    maybe its actually a well. And the pump is on its way out…. lmao!!!!

  • Lumberjak1984

    I went down there in the middle of the night..spoooooooky. Bear country. The water was ok. But I wonder if it’s a real spring!

  • Teapotzx

    Hello Cosmic. I am also into raw and I am interested in what water you are drinking at the moment. I live in Morris Plains New Jersey and I am trying to find the perfect water source.

  • Rui1981

    hey where is this spring water in clifton? i been going to stoke stake park but its too far

  • Rui1981

    does anyone know where is this spring located at CLIFTON NJ ?? WHAT STREET??

  • Tameka111

    hello,i am going camping there.do u no of any places or things we can do while in stokes?or area attractions?thanx.by the way that water is the  best water i have ever had..we bought some home too…lol

  • Treespirit

    Does anyone know of any springs in South Jersey- Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Atlantic or Ocean counties? There must be some… we have the huge Cohansey Aquiferhere  in the Pine Barrens.

  • zman

    Very good spring.  Filled up today – TDS 38.  Pretty far out in Sussex county, but worth the trip. 

  • http://www.rawmodel.com Anthony

    hey brother…did you ever make it back? I think we are going to hit up Ellenville on Sunday! Im still surprised about the scale showing up