Carris Hill–Chikahoki Falls Loop, 8 sights is a 4.7-mile loop in Norvin Green State Forest near Apshawa, NJ. The route passes Otter Hole, Chikahoki Falls, Wyanokie Circular Loop/Highlands Viewpoint and Carris Hill. It climbs 918 ft, with sections as steep as 32% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi449 – 1,129 ft · steepest grade: 32%4.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Hewitt-Butler Trail 41.04560, -74.35019
Nearest town Apshawa, NJ
Directions
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Carris Hill–Chikahoki Falls Loop, 8 sights
4.7 mi · ▲ 918 ft · 2 hr 2 min
Elevation 449–1,127 ft
Loop · Norvin Green State Forest
Trailhead: Hewitt-Butler Trail · 41.04560, -74.35019
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Wynanokie Circular Spur Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miPass Otter Hole.
- 100 ftBear right onto Wyanokie Circular Loop/Highlands Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Wyanokie Crest Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Wyanokie Circular Loop/Highlands Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miPass Chikahoki Falls.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Chikahoki Fire Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Wyanokie Circular Loop/Highlands Trail, heading SE.
- 1.1 miPass Wyanokie Circular Loop/Highlands Viewpoint.
- 50 ftPass Carris Hill.
- 0.6 miSharp left onto Wyanokie Circular Loop Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Wyanokie Crest Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Wyanokie Circular Loop/Highlands Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Wynanokie Circular Spur Trail, heading SW.
- 400 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
93% dirt7% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Hewitt-Butler Trail Trailhead
- Hewitt-Butler Viewpoint via Torne Trail 1.2 mi · ▲ 199 ft
- Otter Hole–Den Trail, 3 sights 3.5 mi · ▲ 615 ft
- Chikahoki Falls–Otter Hole, 4 falls 3.6 mi · ▲ 627 ft
- Chikahoki Falls–Otter Hole, 5 sights 5.2 mi · ▲ 719 ft
- Otter Hole–Wyanokie Crest/Highlands Viewpoint, 6 sights 5.3 mi · ▲ 1,122 ft
- Carris Hill–Wyanokie High Point Loop, 12 sights 5.5 mi · ▲ 1,151 ft
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