Norvin Green State Forest
Wyanokie High Point–High Point Loop/Highlands Viewpoint, 5 sights
4.7 mi · ▲ 658 ft · 1 hr 54 min
Wyanokie High Point–High Point Loop/Highlands Viewpoint, 5 sights is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Norvin Green State Forest near Upper Macopin, NJ. The route passes High Point and Wyanokie High Point before reaching High Point Loop/Highlands Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 658 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Wyanokie High Point–High Point Loop/Highlands Viewpoint, 5 sights
4.7 mi · ▲ 658 ft · 1 hr 54 min
Elevation 824–1,095 ft
Out & Back · Norvin Green State Forest
Trailhead: 41.06896, -74.36460
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Old Snake Den Road, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Den Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Old Snake Den Road, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Den Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto High Point Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass High Point.
- 0.2 miReach Wyanokie High Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftPass High Point Loop/Highlands Viewpoint.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Den Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left onto Old Snake Den Road, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Den Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Old Snake Den Road, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 1.1 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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More from this trailhead
- Old Snake Den Road 2.9 mi · ▲ 284 ft
- Boy Scout Lake via Old Snake Den Road 3 mi · ▲ 311 ft
- Old Snake Den Road 3.4 mi · ▲ 482 ft
- Will Monore Loop & Wyanokie Crest Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 423 ft
- Den Trail–Old Snake Den Road/Den Trail, 3 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 670 ft
- Gordon Lakes–Highlands Trail, 3 sights 5.9 mi · ▲ 1,030 ft
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