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Norvin Green State Forest

Wyanokie High Point–High Point Loop/Highlands Viewpoint, 9 sights

5 mi · ▲ 1,143 ft · 2 hr 14 min

Wyanokie High Point–High Point Loop/Highlands Viewpoint, 9 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in Norvin Green State Forest near Macopin, NJ. The route passes Gordon Lakes, Wyanokie Crest/Highlands Viewpoint, Wyanokie High Point and High Point Loop/Highlands Viewpoint before reaching High Point at the turnaround, 2.6 miles in. It climbs 1,143 ft, with sections as steep as 33% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi824 – 1,188 ft · steepest grade: 33%5.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Highlands Trail 41.05341, -74.36050
Nearest town Macopin, NJ
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Wyanokie High Point–High Point Loop/Highlands Viewpoint, 9 sights

5 mi · ▲ 1,143 ft · 2 hr 14 min

Elevation 824–1,188 ft

Out & Back · Norvin Green State Forest

Trailhead: Highlands Trail · 41.05341, -74.36050

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

  1. Start on Highlands Trail, heading E.
  2. 50 ftPass Gordon Lakes.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left onto Wyanokie Crest Trail, heading N.
  4. 150 ftSharp right, heading E.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left onto Wyanokie Crest/Highlands Trail, heading E.
  6. 50 ftPass Wyanokie Crest/Highlands Viewpoint.
  7. 0.2 miBear left onto Wyanokie Crest Trail, heading E.
  8. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
  9. 0.2 miBear right onto Wyanokie Circular Loop Trail, heading NE.
  10. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Highlands Trail, heading NE.
  11. 0.1 miPass Wyanokie High Point.
  12. 50 ftPass High Point Loop/Highlands Viewpoint.
  13. 50 ftSharp left onto High Point Loop Trail, heading E.
  14. 0.2 miPass High Point.
  15. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  16. 0.5 miTurn left onto Den Trail, heading W.
  17. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Wyanokie Circular Loop Trail, heading SW.
  18. 0.9 miTurn right onto Wyanokie Crest/Highlands Trail, heading S.
  19. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  20. 0.2 miSharp left onto Wyanokie Crest Trail, heading NW.
  21. 200 ftTurn right onto Highlands Trail, heading W.
  22. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/wyanokie-high-point-high-point-loop-highlands-viewpoint-out-back-14-sights

Trail surface

92% dirt8% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM

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