Ramapo Mountain State Forest
Castle Viewpoint & Hoeferlin Memorial Trail via Castle Loop Trail
1 mi · ▲ 96 ft · 23 min
Castle Viewpoint & Hoeferlin Memorial Trail via Castle Loop Trail is a 1-mile out-and-back in Ramapo Mountain State Forest near Oakland, NJ. The route reaches Castle Viewpoint at the turnaround, 0.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 96 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Castle Viewpoint & Hoeferlin Memorial Trail via Castle Loop Trail
1 mi · ▲ 96 ft · 23 min
Elevation 819–917 ft
Out & Back · Ramapo Mountain State Forest
Trailhead: Castle Loop Trail · 41.04703, -74.25168
Weather Sep 7: Partly cloudy, high 73°F / low 54° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Castle Loop Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Cannonball/Castle Loop Trail, heading N.
- 450 ftBear right onto Deer Ledge Road/Cannonball/Castle Loop Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Castle Loop Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftReach Castle Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Cannonball Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Hoeferlin Memorial Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Tamarack Road/Hoeferlin Memorial Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Castle Loop Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftArrive 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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- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Lake Tamarack–Lake Vreeland, 3 lakes 2.9 mi · ▲ 447 ft
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