Otter Hole–Wyanokie Crest/Highlands Viewpoint, 6 sights is a 5.3-mile out-and-back in Norvin Green State Forest near Apshawa, NJ. The route passes Otter Hole, Wyanokie Crest/Highlands Viewpoint and Gordon Lakes. It climbs 1,122 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi630 – 1,221 ft · steepest grade: 21%5.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Hewitt-Butler Trail 41.04560, -74.35019
Nearest town Apshawa, NJ
Directions
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Otter Hole–Wyanokie Crest/Highlands Viewpoint, 6 sights
5.3 mi · ▲ 1,122 ft · 2 hr 20 min
Elevation 629–1,220 ft
Out & Back · Norvin Green State Forest
Trailhead: Hewitt-Butler Trail · 41.04560, -74.35019
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Wynanokie Circular Spur Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miPass Otter Hole.
- 100 ftBear left onto Wyanokie Circular Loop/Highlands Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Wyanokie Crest/Highlands Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miPass Wyanokie Crest/Highlands Viewpoint.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Wyanokie Crest Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Highlands Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miPass Gordon Lakes.
- 100 ftReach Otter Hole, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Wyanokie Crest Trail, heading SE.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Old Snake Den Road, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Den Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Wyanokie Circular Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Wyanokie Crest Trail, heading SW.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Wyanokie Circular Loop/Highlands Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left onto Wyanokie Crest Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Wyanokie Circular Loop/Highlands Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Wynanokie Circular Spur Trail, heading NW.
- 350 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
84% dirt16% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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