Ringwood State Park
Ilgenstein Rock–Iaoapogh Lake, 5 sights
4.2 mi · ▲ 422 ft · 1 hr 37 min
Ilgenstein Rock–Iaoapogh Lake, 5 sights is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Ringwood State Park near Erskine Lakes, NJ. The route passes Cannonball Lake, Iaoapogh Lake and Ilgenstein Rock. It climbs 422 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Ilgenstein Rock–Iaoapogh Lake, 5 sights
4.2 mi · ▲ 422 ft · 1 hr 37 min
Elevation 765–1,136 ft
Out & Back · Ringwood State Park
Trailhead: 41.08591, -74.22695
Weather Sep 7: Overcast, high 72°F / low 56° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Cannonball Lake.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 250 ftSharp right onto Cannonball Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miPass Iaoapogh Lake.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Crossover Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miPass Ilgenstein Rock.
- 200 ftBear left onto Crossover/Hofferlin Memorial Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Crossover Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Pierson Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miReach Ilgenstein Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Crossover Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Crossover/Hofferlin Memorial Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Crossover Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Cannonball Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- High Mountain–Erskine Lookout, 5 sights 2.5 mi · ▲ 405 ft
- Middle Valley Lookout–Cannonball Lake, 5 lakes 3.7 mi · ▲ 434 ft
- Mill Race Ruins–Cannonball Lake, 5 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 605 ft
- Iaoapogh Lake–Cannonball Lake, 4 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 572 ft
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