Ramapo Mountain State Forest

Lake Tamarack–Todd Lake Loop, 10 sights

4.6 mi · ▲ 736 ft · 1 hr 54 min

Lake Tamarack–Todd Lake Loop, 10 sights is a 4.6-mile loop in Ramapo Mountain State Forest near Erskine, NJ. The route passes Todd Lake, Lake Tamarack and Lake Vreeland. It climbs 736 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 13/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi502 – 945 ft · steepest grade: 16%4.9 mi

Getting there

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

Directions

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Lake Tamarack–Todd Lake Loop, 10 sights

4.6 mi · ▲ 736 ft · 1 hr 54 min

Elevation 503–946 ft

Loop · Ramapo Mountain State Forest

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 left onto Hoeferlin Memorial Trail, heading SE.
  3. 0.4 miBear right onto Tamarack Road/Hoeferlin Memorial Trail, heading S.
  4. 50 ftBear left onto Castle Loop Trail, heading S.
  5. 250 ftBear left onto Castle Loop Bypass, heading S.
  6. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
  7. 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
  8. 0.3 miBear left onto Todd Hill Loop, heading NE.
  9. 350 ftPass Todd Lake.
  10. 100 ftTurn left onto Tamarack Loop, heading N.
  11. 0.1 miPass Lake Tamarack.
  12. 100 ftBear left, heading N.
  13. 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  14. 350 ftBear left, heading N.
  15. 250 ftTurn left onto Tamarack Loop Trail, heading NW.
  16. 350 ftTurn right onto Schuber Trail, heading NW.
  17. 0.9 miPass Lake Vreeland.
  18. 150 ftBear right onto Millstone/Schuber Trail, heading N.
  19. 50 ftTurn left onto Mary Post Road/Schuber Trail, heading N.
  20. 0.1 miTurn left onto Matapan Rock Trail, heading NE.
  21. 0.3 miBear left onto Algonquin Gas Service Road, heading NW.
  22. 0.4 miBear left onto Cannonball / Hoeferlin Memorial Trail, heading SW.
  23. 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

69% dirt31% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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