Ramapo Valley County Reservation

Lake Vreeland–Algonquin Gas Service Road, 5 sights

2.2 mi · ▲ 391 ft · 56 min

Lake Vreeland–Algonquin Gas Service Road, 5 sights is a 2.2-mile out-and-back in Ramapo Valley County Reservation near Erskine, NJ. The route reaches Lake Vreeland. It climbs 391 ft. It scores 44/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi614 – 958 ft2.4 mi

Getting there

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

Directions

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Lake Vreeland–Algonquin Gas Service Road, 5 sights

2.2 mi · ▲ 391 ft · 56 min

Elevation 613–958 ft

Out & Back · 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

  1. Start on Cannonball / Hoeferlin Memorial Trail, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftBear right onto Algonquin Gas Service Road, heading N.
  3. 0.4 miBear right onto Matapan Rock Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right onto Mary Post Road/Schuber Trail, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftPass Lake Vreeland.
  6. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Millstone Trail, heading SE.
  7. 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  9. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  10. 50 ftReach Lake Vreeland, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  12. 50 ftSharp right onto Old Guard Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left onto West Well Road, heading NW.
  14. 0.1 miTurn right onto Mary Post Road/Schuber Trail, heading NW.
  15. 50 ftTurn left onto Hilltop Road, heading NW.
  16. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Matapan Rock Trail, heading SW.
  17. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  18. 0.1 miBear right onto Algonquin Gas Service Road, heading W.
  19. 0.2 miBear left onto Cannonball / Hoeferlin Memorial Trail, heading SW.
  20. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

43% dirt10% gravel47% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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