Norvin Green State Forest
Manaticut Point–Manaticut/Lake Sonoma Viewpoint, 9 sights
10.4 mi · ▲ 1,802 ft · 4 hr 22 min
Manaticut Point–Manaticut/Lake Sonoma Viewpoint, 9 sights is a 10.4-mile out-and-back in Norvin Green State Forest near Awosting, NJ. The route passes Overlook Rock, Lake Sonoma, Manaticut/Lake Sonoma Viewpoint and Manaticut Point before reaching Boy Scout Lake at the turnaround, 5.2 miles in. It climbs 1,802 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 70/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Manaticut Point–Manaticut/Lake Sonoma Viewpoint, 9 sights
10.4 mi · ▲ 1,802 ft · 4 hr 22 min
Elevation 554–1,072 ft
Out & Back · Norvin Green State Forest
Trailhead: Animal Chute · 41.12898, -74.34123
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Animal Chute, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Safari 1, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Jungle Junction 1, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Jungle Junction 2, heading S.
- 200 ftBear right, heading S.
- 250 ftBear left, heading S.
- 350 ftBear left onto Otter Slide, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Otter Steps, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Ryno, heading S.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Top Quad, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Tapawingo Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Overlook Rock Trail, heading SW.
- 0.9 miPass Overlook Rock.
- 100 ftSharp left onto Manaticut Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miPass Lake Sonoma.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Lake Sonoma Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Lake Sonoma/Manaticut Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miPass Manaticut/Lake Sonoma Viewpoint.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Manaticut/Lake Sonoma Trail, heading S.
- 300 ftBear right onto Manaticut-Sonoma Trail Connector, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Manaticut Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miPass Manaticut Point.
- 100 ftTurn right onto West Brook Connector, heading NE.
- 1.6 miPass Boy Scout Lake.
- 150 ftReach Manaticut Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.6 miTurn left onto Manaticut Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Manaticut-Sonoma Trail Connector, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Manaticut/Lake Sonoma Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Lake Sonoma/Manaticut Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Lake Sonoma Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Manaticut Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Overlook Rock Trail, heading NW.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Tapawingo Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Top Quad, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Ryno, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Otter Steps, heading N.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Otter Slide, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 350 ftBear right onto Jungle Junction 2, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Jungle Junction 1, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Safari 1, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Animal Chute, heading NE.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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