Ramapo Valley County Reservation

Castle Viewpoint–Lake Tamarack Loop, 8 sights

3.4 mi · ▲ 490 ft · 1 hr 23 min

Castle Viewpoint–Lake Tamarack Loop, 8 sights is a 3.4-mile loop in Ramapo Valley County Reservation near Erskine, NJ. The route passes Castle Viewpoint, Lake Tamarack and Lake Vreeland. It climbs 490 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi633 – 945 ft · steepest grade: 26%3.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Cannonball / Hoeferlin Memorial Trail 41.05940, -74.25053
Nearest town Erskine, NJ

Directions

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Castle Viewpoint–Lake Tamarack Loop, 8 sights

3.4 mi · ▲ 490 ft · 1 hr 23 min

Elevation 635–946 ft

Loop · Ramapo Valley County Reservation

Trailhead: Cannonball / Hoeferlin Memorial Trail · 41.05940, -74.25053

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:22 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Cannonball / Hoeferlin Memorial Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.6 miBear right onto Cannonball Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right onto Castle Loop Trail, heading W.
  4. 50 ftPass Castle Viewpoint.
  5. 0.2 miSharp right onto Algonquin Gas Service Road, heading NE.
  6. 50 ftTurn right onto Castle Loop Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  8. 400 ftTurn right onto Deer Ledge Road, heading S.
  9. 400 ftSharp right onto Cannonball Trail, heading S.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left onto Tamarack Road/Hoeferlin Memorial Trail, heading SE.
  11. 50 ftTurn right onto Tamarack Loop, heading E.
  12. 0.3 miPass Lake Tamarack.
  13. 150 ftTurn left onto Schuber Trail, heading N.
  14. 0.9 miPass Lake Vreeland.
  15. 150 ftBear right onto Millstone/Schuber Trail, heading NE.
  16. 50 ftTurn left onto Mary Post Road/Schuber Trail, heading NE.
  17. 0.1 miTurn left onto Matapan Rock Trail, heading NE.
  18. 0.3 miBear left onto Algonquin Gas Service Road, heading NW.
  19. 0.4 miBear left onto Cannonball / Hoeferlin Memorial Trail, heading S.
  20. 50 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

82% dirt4% paved14% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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