Norvin Green – Lake Sonoma and Overlook Trails
Complete hike details, photos, and video on our Lake Sonoma page.
8.1 challenging miles and 70 degrees, sunny and perfect… such a nice change after this crazy winter. We hiked in the northern section of Norvin Green State Forest, located to the southwest of Monksville Reservoir in West Milford. There are two newer (2008-ish I believe) trails there we wanted to check out, Lake Sonoma and Overlook.
This isn’t a really long hike but with a decent amount of rugged up/down, several stream crossings, we’d rate it on the low end of “challenging”. The new trails were very pleasant, with some really nice vistas. You may want to save this one until the trees are green, or even better, for fall foliage.
MAP: You’ll want the NYNJTC map, don’t think there is a map online. If you have the map earlier than the 2009, Sonoma/Overlook and the parking are not on there.
Getting there: Rt 287 to exit 55, north on 511, after you pass the Reservoir and then Long Pond, turn left onto Burnt Meadow Rd which turns to dirt in a bit.
Note: There are two parking areas on Burnt Meadow but note on the map the road is marked as “impassable” if you approaching from the south… which is exactly how Google or your GPS is going to send you. We didn’t check out that way, but when coming off the trail, we noticed a large deep puddle across the road down that direction that we wouldn’t have gotten our car through.
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