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
- Start on Burnt Meadow Road, heading N.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Lake Sonoma Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Overlook Rock Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Tapawingo Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Top Quad, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Ryno, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Otter Steps, heading N.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Otter Slide, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Jungle Junction 1, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Lot Quad, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 300 ftReach Burnt Meadow Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Jungle Junction 1, heading E.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Otter Slide, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Otter Steps, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Ryno, heading E.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Top Quad, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Tapawingo Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Overlook Rock Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Lake Sonoma Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Burnt Meadow Road, heading SE.
- 0.4 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
73% dirt2% paved1% other1% gravel23% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM
More from Burnt Meadow Road Trailhead
- Stonetown Circular Viewpoint Loop via Stonetown Circular Trail 3 mi · ▲ 504 ft
- Manaticut/Lake Sonoma Viewpoint–Lake Sonoma, 5 sights 3.3 mi · ▲ 355 ft
- Manaticut Point–Burnt Meadow Road, 4 sights 4.1 mi · ▲ 776 ft
- Overlook Rock–Lake Sonoma, 7 sights 4.6 mi · ▲ 658 ft
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