Address: 150 Snake Den Rd, Ringwood, NJ 07456, USA
Phone: +19739627031
Sunday: 7AM–8:30PM
Monday: 7AM–8:30PM
Tuesday: 7AM–8:30PM
Wednesday: 7AM–8:30PM
Thursday: 7AM–8:30PM
Friday: 7AM–8:30PM
Saturday: 7AM–8:30PM
Pamela Doyle
Beautiful park however a lot of the trails were not clearly marked and I got lost for a while.
Donald Harvey
High point is definitely worth the 2+ hours hike.
EE Grimshaw
Norvin Green is one of my absolute favorite places in NJ to hike. It has a tremendous variety of trails with different terrain, difficulty level and unique environments; if the mood strikes you, it's possible to hike up and down a few mountains with gorgeous 360-degree views, or something much easier that involves exploring some of the mines on the eastern side of the forest, closer to the reservoir. There's something for virtually any type of hiker, and because so much of the area is rugged, you're not likely to find too many ignorant young hiking pups wandering aimlessly without water or a map. I usually get out here at least a few times every year, and most recently stopped by with one of my chums two Saturdays ago for an 8.1-mile hike. If you're approaching Norvin Green from 287, I would strongly recommend stopping by the Quick Chek on 511 - the bathroom options are pretty much non-existent in the forest (apart from strategically placed foliage), the employees there are always very pleasant and you have a lot of hiking snack options if you haven't had time to preplan that aspect of the adventure. We did a circuitous route beginning at the Weis parking lot up the green trail, past the natural pool to the kiosk, then up blue to Wyanokie High Point, back down and continuing on the blue trail to Carris Hill, then taking the yellow trail from there down into the wetlands, turning west onto the blue trail, past Chik Falls and over to Otter Hole. At that point, you can either take the green Otter Hole trail back to the kiosk (I think that's about 6 miles), or turn west again in .2 miles onto yellow and up Buck Mountain, meandering along the ridge until you hit the woods road (subjective term) and can follow it back to the green trail/kiosk. Deciding to incorporate Buck Mountain adds about two miles to the trip, so if your haunches aren't up to it, just keep going north on green. You'll still get a workout in, regardless. The climb up to Wyanokie is fairly strenuous. I'm in very good hiking shape and can do it without any breaks if needed, but you're definitely earning the views once you ascend past the main tree line. The view on top has to be one of the top two or three in the state; on a clear day, you can see the NYC skyline (that's true as well for the top of Buck Mountain and several points along the yellow trail before it descends), as well as the mountainous regions to the north and west. It's gorgeous, and the only damper on this particular day was the obvious effects of the seasonal drought - tons of brown foliage and several of the water features were dried up or close to it. Especially down in the wetlands, you're usually hopping over a small stream or two. Not on this day, and Chik Falls was a barely discernable trickle. The Buck Mountain climb is one of the toughest in the area - if you can do it without taking a breather, god bless. It's something like an 800-foot ascent in .1 miles; it doesn't require actual rock scrambling or climbing, but it's probably in the tier right below that. But as with Wyanokie, you're getting amazing views for the sweat expended on the incline, and because it's a nastier section of the forest, there isn't nearly as much foot traffic. It's not unusual to get some solid wildlife sightings up on the ridge. This particular hike certainly had its share of wildlife. We saw either a garter or ribbon snake with Pittsburgh Steelers coloring, a skink, AKA the corgi of lizards, oodles of small frogs (presumably panicking over the lack of water), and met two canine chums, Nala and Argo. A very solid crop, and not out of the ordinary for this area. I couldn't recommend this place more highly. Nearby Wanaque doesn't have a lot of great eating options, so given that you've more than earned your calories from tromping around in the woods, I'd venture a little further south to sup on scrumptiousness.
Edward Yilmaz
There are a variety of tracks in terms of challenge(difficulty) and time constraint.Easy access, safe and wonderful view with exposure to nature and its healing.Couple creeks with small falls mostly in spring and early summer active but almost dry late summer.
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there is plenty of grassland and meadows, haven't seen signs for this specific purpose but would still definitely give it a shot! We ware able to see so much wildlife birds included :) hope you will love it !
Only on your own land or private land you have permission to be on
No, the trail is for only hiking.
I am not sure about the whole park, but approaching from the southern trails, all was clean except for 1 down tree. Easily skirted.
No
They have a club that you can join in order to camp on premises. But there is camping areas in this area close to the park.
I don't think they allow camping at this time.
Trials Event? Maybe check their website events calendar
Thank you guys for the information.... It's a shame there's no specified area for dogs to run and swim free
It's more of a hiking area than anything else; unless you are a member of the Highlands Pool.
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