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Otter Hole–Hewitt-Butler Viewpoint, 3 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in Norvin Green State Forest near Apshawa, NJ. The route passes Otter Hole and Hewitt-Butler Viewpoint. It climbs 1,031 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi571 – 1,152 ft · steepest grade: 27%5.2 mi

Getting there

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

Directions

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Otter Hole–Hewitt-Butler Viewpoint, 3 sights

5 mi · ▲ 1,031 ft · 2 hr 11 min

Elevation 571–1,151 ft

Out & Back · 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. 0.3 miTurn left onto Wyanokie Circular Loop/Highlands Trail, heading W.
  5. 0.3 miPass Otter Hole.
  6. 50 ftBear left onto Wynanokie Circular Spur Trail, heading SW.
  7. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Hewitt-Butler Trail, heading NW.
  8. 0.5 miPass Hewitt-Butler Viewpoint.
  9. 150 ftTurn right onto Hewitt-Butler Connector Trail, heading S.
  10. 500 ftBear left onto Hewitt-Butler Trail, heading E.
  11. 250 ftTurn left onto Torne Trail, heading SE.
  12. 0.4 miTurn right onto Hewitt-Butler Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.3 miBear left onto Wyanokie Circular Loop/Highlands Trail, heading N.
  14. 0.3 miTurn right onto Wyanokie Crest Trail, heading N.
  15. 1.6 miContinue straight onto Wyanokie Circular Loop/Highlands Trail, heading SW.
  16. 150 ftBear left onto Wyanokie Crest Trail, heading S.
  17. 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
  18. 150 ftTurn right onto Chikahoki Fire Road, heading SW.
  19. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Wyanokie Crest Trail, heading SE.
  20. 200 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

85% dirt15% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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