Norvin Green State Forest

Lake Sonoma Trail & Otter Slide

6.3 mi · ▲ 710 ft · 2 hr 27 min

Lake Sonoma Trail & Otter Slide is a 6.3-mile out-and-back in Norvin Green State Forest near Stonetown, NJ. It climbs 710 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi656 – 1,073 ft · steepest grade: 17%6.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Burnt Meadow Road 41.10490, -74.32729
Nearest town Stonetown, NJ

Directions

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Lake Sonoma Trail & Otter Slide

6.3 mi · ▲ 710 ft · 2 hr 27 min

Elevation 655–1,072 ft

Out & Back · Norvin Green State Forest

Trailhead: Burnt Meadow Road · 41.10490, -74.32729

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

  1. Start on Burnt Meadow Road, heading S.
  2. 0.2 miSharp right onto Lake Sonoma Trail, heading W.
  3. 1 miBear left, heading SW.
  4. 0.3 miSharp right onto Overlook Rock Trail, heading W.
  5. 0.8 miTurn right, heading NW.
  6. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tapawingo Trail, heading NW.
  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 NW.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  14. 400 ftTurn left, heading W.
  15. 300 ftReach Lake Sonoma Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  17. 400 ftTurn right, heading S.
  18. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Jungle Junction 1, heading N.
  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 SE.
  22. 100 ftContinue straight onto Top Quad, heading E.
  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 S.
  27. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  28. 0.8 miSharp left onto Burnt Meadow Road, heading E.
  29. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

78% dirt2% paved2% other1% gravel17% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM

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