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.
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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
- Start on Wyanokie Crest Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Chikahoki Fire Road, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear right onto Wyanokie Crest Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Wyanokie Circular Loop/Highlands Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Wyanokie Crest Trail, heading E.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Wyanokie Circular Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Den Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Will Monore loop, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Will Monroe Loop Spur Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miReach Boy Scout Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Will Monore Loop, heading SE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Den Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Wyanokie Circular Loop Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Wyanokie Crest Trail, heading SW.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Wyanokie Circular Loop/Highlands Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left onto Wyanokie Crest Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Chikahoki Fire Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Wyanokie Crest Trail, heading S.
- 450 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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