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Carris Hill–Wyanokie High Point Loop, 11 sights is a 5.4-mile loop in Norvin Green State Forest near Apshawa, NJ. The route passes Chikahoki Falls, Wyanokie High Point, High Point Loop/Highlands Viewpoint and 2 more. It climbs 1,164 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi407 – 1,086 ft · steepest grade: 28%5.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Chikahoki Fire Road 41.03776, -74.34482
Nearest town Apshawa, NJ

Directions

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Carris Hill–Wyanokie High Point Loop, 11 sights

5.4 mi · ▲ 1,164 ft · 2 hr 23 min

Elevation 407–1,085 ft

Loop · Norvin Green State Forest

Trailhead: Chikahoki Fire Road · 41.03776, -74.34482

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Wyanokie Crest Trail, heading NE.
  2. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Chikahoki Fire Road, heading NE.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  4. 150 ftBear right onto Wyanokie Crest Trail, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Chikahoki Fire Road, heading NE.
  6. 0.5 miPass Chikahoki Falls.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Wyanokie Circular Loop/Highlands Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left onto Lower Trail, heading E.
  9. 1.3 miTurn left onto High Point Loop/Highlands Trail, heading NE.
  10. 0.7 miPass Wyanokie High Point.
  11. 50 ftPass High Point Loop/Highlands Viewpoint.
  12. 100 ftTurn left onto Highlands Trail, heading SW.
  13. 0.1 miTurn left onto Wyanokie Circular Loop/Highlands Trail, heading NW.
  14. 0.6 miPass Wyanokie Circular Loop/Highlands Viewpoint.
  15. 50 ftPass Carris Hill.
  16. 100 ftSharp right onto Carris Hill Connector Trail, heading S.
  17. 0.7 miBear right onto Wyanokie Circular Loop/Highlands Trail, heading S.
  18. 0.3 miBear left onto Wyanokie Crest Trail, heading W.
  19. 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
  20. 150 ftTurn right onto Chikahoki Fire Road, heading S.
  21. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Wyanokie Crest Trail, heading SW.
  22. 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

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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