Norvin Green State Forest
Boy Scout Lake via Old Snake Den Road
3 mi · ▲ 311 ft · 1 hr 9 min
Boy Scout Lake via Old Snake Den Road is a 3-mile out-and-back in Norvin Green State Forest near Upper Macopin, NJ. The route reaches Boy Scout Lake at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It climbs 311 ft. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi909 – 1,096 ft3.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.06896, -74.36460
Nearest town Upper Macopin, NJ
Directions
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Boy Scout Lake via Old Snake Den Road
3 mi · ▲ 311 ft · 1 hr 9 min
Elevation 908–1,095 ft
Out & Back · Norvin Green State Forest
Trailhead: 41.06896, -74.36460
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 1.1 miBear left onto Old Snake Den Road, heading N.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Will Monroe Loop Spur Trail, heading N.
- 200 ftReach Boy Scout Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Old Snake Den Road, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 1.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
31% dirt69% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM
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