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.
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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
- Start on Cannonball / Hoeferlin Memorial Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Cannonball Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Castle Loop Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Castle Viewpoint.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Algonquin Gas Service Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Castle Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Deer Ledge Road, heading S.
- 400 ftSharp right onto Cannonball Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Tamarack Road/Hoeferlin Memorial Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Tamarack Loop, heading E.
- 0.3 miPass Lake Tamarack.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Schuber Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miPass Lake Vreeland.
- 150 ftBear right onto Millstone/Schuber Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Mary Post Road/Schuber Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Matapan Rock Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Algonquin Gas Service Road, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Cannonball / Hoeferlin Memorial Trail, heading S.
- 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.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Cannonball / Hoeferlin Memorial Trail Trailhead
- Lake Vreeland–Algonquin Gas Service Road, 5 sights 2.2 mi · ▲ 391 ft
- Tamarack Viewpoint–Lake Tamarack, 5 sights 3 mi · ▲ 347 ft
- Water Tower Ruins–Ramapo Lake, 7 sights 3 mi · ▲ 565 ft
- Suzi's Rock–Middle Valley Lookout Loop, 6 sights 3.3 mi · ▲ 399 ft
- Stephens Lake–Castle Viewpoint, 6 sights 4 mi · ▲ 686 ft
- Lake Tamarack–Todd Lake Loop, 10 sights 4.6 mi · ▲ 736 ft
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