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Boy Scout Lake–Den Trail, 4 sights is a 5.9-mile out-and-back in Norvin Green State Forest near Apshawa, NJ. The route reaches Boy Scout Lake at the turnaround, 3 miles in. It climbs 1,045 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi571 – 1,086 ft · steepest grade: 25%6.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Chikahoki Fire Road 41.03776, -74.34482
Nearest town Apshawa, NJ

Directions

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Boy Scout Lake–Den Trail, 4 sights

5.9 mi · ▲ 1,045 ft · 2 hr 29 min

Elevation 571–1,087 ft

Out & Back · Norvin Green State Forest

Trailhead: Chikahoki Fire Road · 41.03776, -74.34482

Weather Sep 7: Overcast, high 74°F / low 58° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Wyanokie Crest Trail, heading NE.
  2. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Chikahoki Fire Road, heading NE.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  4. 150 ftBear right onto Wyanokie Crest Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.3 miBear right onto Wyanokie Circular Loop/Highlands Trail, heading E.
  6. 150 ftContinue straight onto Wyanokie Crest Trail, heading E.
  7. 1.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left onto Wyanokie Circular Loop Trail, heading NE.
  9. 0.1 miSharp left onto Den Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Will Monore loop, heading N.
  11. 0.3 miBear right onto Will Monroe Loop Spur Trail, heading N.
  12. 0.2 miReach Boy Scout Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.2 miBear left onto Will Monore Loop, heading SE.
  14. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Den Trail, heading SE.
  15. 0.5 miSharp right onto Wyanokie Circular Loop Trail, heading S.
  16. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  17. 0.2 miTurn left onto Wyanokie Crest Trail, heading SW.
  18. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Wyanokie Circular Loop/Highlands Trail, heading E.
  19. 150 ftBear left onto Wyanokie Crest Trail, heading SW.
  20. 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
  21. 100 ftTurn right onto Chikahoki Fire Road, heading SW.
  22. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Wyanokie Crest Trail, heading S.
  23. 450 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

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 74°F58°
Precip0%Wind6 mphUV6Humidity57%
Rained 0.2″ 4 days ago (0.4″ over the last week)
Hourly temperature
75°55°
Sunrise 6:31 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:22 PM
Tue 77°61°
Wed 83°59°
Thu 77°64° 30%
Fri 74°55° 21%
Sat 78°54°
Sun 82°57°

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