Ramapo Mountain State Forest

Catnest Trail-Renegade–Cheshire Lane Trail, 3 sights

2.3 mi · ▲ 284 ft · 55 min

Catnest Trail-Renegade–Cheshire Lane Trail, 3 sights is a 2.3-mile out-and-back in Ramapo Mountain State Forest near Erskine, NJ. It climbs 284 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 65/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi587 – 787 ft · steepest grade: 15%2.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Copper Hill Park Access 41.08973, -74.24617
Nearest town Erskine, NJ

Directions

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Catnest Trail-Renegade–Cheshire Lane Trail, 3 sights

2.3 mi · ▲ 284 ft · 55 min

Elevation 588–787 ft

Out & Back · Ramapo Mountain State Forest

Trailhead: Copper Hill Park Access · 41.08973, -74.24617

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

Bikes allowed on the whole route

  1. Start on Copper Hill Park Access, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miBear left onto Cheshire Lane Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.4 miBear right onto Catnest Swamp Road, heading NE.
  4. 100 ftBear right onto Cheshire Lane Trail, heading NE.
  5. 250 ftBear left onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading NE.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right onto Catnest Swamp Road, heading NE.
  7. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  8. 50 ftTurn left onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading N.
  9. 100 ftBear right onto Catnest Trail-Renegade, heading N.
  10. 50 ftTurn left onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading N.
  11. 50 ftBear left onto Dollar Hill, heading N.
  12. 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
  13. 50 ftTurn right onto Six Bridges Loop, heading W.
  14. 250 ftReach Cheshire Lane Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  16. 50 ftSharp right onto Dollar Hill, heading S.
  17. 0.1 miBear right onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading SW.
  18. 50 ftTurn right onto Catnest Trail-Renegade, heading SW.
  19. 50 ftBear left onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading SE.
  20. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  21. 50 ftBear left onto Catnest Swamp Road, heading S.
  22. 0.2 miTurn left onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading N.
  23. 0.1 miBear right onto Cheshire Lane Trail, heading S.
  24. 200 ftBear left onto Catnest Swamp Road, heading S.
  25. 100 ftBear left onto Cheshire Lane Trail, heading S.
  26. 0.4 miBear right onto Copper Hill Park Access, heading S.
  27. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

79% dirt21% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route

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