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
- Start on Wyanokie Crest Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Chikahoki Fire Road, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Wyanokie Circular Loop/Highlands Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miPass Otter Hole.
- 50 ftBear left onto Wynanokie Circular Spur Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Hewitt-Butler Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miPass Hewitt-Butler Viewpoint.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Hewitt-Butler Connector Trail, heading S.
- 500 ftBear left onto Hewitt-Butler Trail, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Torne Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Hewitt-Butler Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Wyanokie Circular Loop/Highlands Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Wyanokie Crest Trail, heading N.
- 1.6 miContinue straight onto Wyanokie Circular Loop/Highlands Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left onto Wyanokie Crest Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Chikahoki Fire Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Wyanokie Crest Trail, heading SE.
- 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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