Norvin Green State Forest

Burnt Meadow Road & Otter Slide via Overlook Rock Trail

7 mi · ▲ 716 ft · 2 hr 41 min

Burnt Meadow Road & Otter Slide via Overlook Rock Trail is a 7-mile out-and-back in Norvin Green State Forest near Stonetown, NJ. It climbs 716 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 74/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi696 – 1,073 ft · steepest grade: 18%7.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Burnt Meadow Road 41.09819, -74.31848
Nearest town Stonetown, NJ

Directions

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Burnt Meadow Road & Otter Slide via Overlook Rock Trail

7 mi · ▲ 716 ft · 2 hr 41 min

Elevation 694–1,072 ft

Out & Back · Norvin Green State Forest

Trailhead: Burnt Meadow Road · 41.09819, -74.31848

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM

  1. Start on Burnt Meadow Road, heading N.
  2. 1 miContinue straight onto Lake Sonoma Trail, heading NW.
  3. 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
  4. 0.3 miSharp right onto Overlook Rock Trail, heading SW.
  5. 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tapawingo Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.4 miTurn left onto Top Quad, heading NE.
  8. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Ryno, heading N.
  9. 50 ftTurn left onto Otter Steps, heading N.
  10. 450 ftContinue straight onto Otter Slide, heading N.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Jungle Junction 1, heading N.
  12. 150 ftContinue straight onto Lot Quad, heading N.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  14. 400 ftTurn left, heading W.
  15. 300 ftReach Burnt Meadow Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  17. 400 ftTurn right, heading S.
  18. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Jungle Junction 1, heading E.
  19. 150 ftContinue straight onto Otter Slide, heading N.
  20. 50 ftContinue straight onto Otter Steps, heading N.
  21. 400 ftTurn right onto Ryno, heading E.
  22. 100 ftContinue straight onto Top Quad, heading SE.
  23. 0.1 miTurn right onto Tapawingo Trail, heading SE.
  24. 0.4 miTurn left onto Overlook Rock Trail, heading SW.
  25. 0.8 miSharp left, heading S.
  26. 0.3 miBear right onto Lake Sonoma Trail, heading SW.
  27. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  28. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Burnt Meadow Road, heading SE.
  29. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

73% dirt2% paved1% other1% gravel23% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM

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