Lake Tamarack–Todd Lake, 6 sights is a 7-mile out-and-back in Ramapo Valley County Reservation near Oakland, NJ. The route passes Todd Lake and Lake Tamarack before reaching Lake Vreeland at the turnaround, 3.5 miles in. It climbs 1,528 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi335 – 794 ft · steepest grade: 19%7.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Ramapo Lake Spur Trail 41.03233, -74.25211
Nearest town Oakland, NJ
Directions
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Lake Tamarack–Todd Lake, 6 sights
7 mi · ▲ 1,528 ft · 3 hr 6 min
Elevation 336–794 ft
Out & Back · Ramapo Valley County Reservation
Trailhead: Ramapo Lake Spur Trail · 41.03233, -74.25211
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:43 AM · sunset 6:59 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Ramapo Lake Spur Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Todd Hill Loop, heading N.
- 450 ftPass Todd Lake.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Tamarack Loop / Todd Hill Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Tamarack Loop, heading N.
- 0.3 miPass Lake Tamarack.
- 50 ftBear right onto Yellow Trail, heading NE.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Millstone/Yellow Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Millstone Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miPass Lake Vreeland.
- 400 ftReach Lake Tamarack, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Millstone/Yellow Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading NW.
- 1 miBear left onto Tamarack Loop, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Tamarack Loop / Todd Hill Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Todd Hill Loop, heading SW.
- 500 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Ramapo Lake Spur Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
91% dirt9% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:43 AMSunset 6:59 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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