Norvin Green State Forest

Overlook Rock Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 511 ft · 1 hr 49 min

Overlook Rock Trail is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Norvin Green State Forest near West Milford, NJ. It climbs 511 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi702 – 1,050 ft4.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Tapawingo Trail 41.11367, -74.34418
Nearest town West Milford, NJ

Directions

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Overlook Rock Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 511 ft · 1 hr 49 min

Elevation 702–1,051 ft

Out & Back · Norvin Green State Forest

Trailhead: Tapawingo Trail · 41.11367, -74.34418

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM

  1. Start on Tapawingo Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left onto Overlook Rock Trail, heading SE.
  3. 0.8 miSharp left, heading SE.
  4. 0.3 miBear right onto Lake Sonoma Trail, heading NE.
  5. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  6. 0.9 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  7. 1 miBear left, heading W.
  8. 0.3 miSharp right onto Overlook Rock Trail, heading SW.
  9. 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tapawingo Trail, heading N.
  11. 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.

Trail surface

92% dirt8% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM

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