Norvin Green State Forest
Overlook Rock & Otter Slide via Overlook Rock Trail
4.2 mi · ▲ 731 ft · 1 hr 46 min
Overlook Rock & Otter Slide via Overlook Rock Trail is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Norvin Green State Forest near West Milford, NJ. The route reaches Overlook Rock at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It climbs 731 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 70/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Overlook Rock & Otter Slide via Overlook Rock Trail
4.2 mi · ▲ 731 ft · 1 hr 46 min
Elevation 730–1,072 ft
Out & Back · Norvin Green State Forest
Trailhead: Animal Chute · 41.12788, -74.34213
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Animal Chute, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Safari 1, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Jungle Junction 1, heading SE.
- 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 SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Tapawingo Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Overlook Rock Trail, heading SW.
- 0.9 miReach Overlook Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Tapawingo Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Top Quad, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Ryno, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Otter Steps, heading N.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Otter Slide, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear right onto Jungle Junction 2, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right, heading N.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Jungle Junction 1, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Safari 1, heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Animal Chute, heading N.
- 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
More from Animal Chute Trailhead
- Tapawingo Viewpoint–Animal Chute Loop, 7 sights 1.9 mi · ▲ 407 ft
- Animal Chute–Boon Loop, 6 sights 2.2 mi · ▲ 396 ft
- Burnt Meadow Viewpoint–Burnt Meadow Trail, 3 sights 3 mi · ▲ 557 ft
- Long Hill–Overlook Rock, 5 sights 4.3 mi · ▲ 825 ft
- Greenwood Lake–Animal Chute, 3 sights 4.5 mi · ▲ 640 ft
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