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
- Start on Cannonball / Hoeferlin Memorial Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Algonquin Gas Service Road, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Matapan Rock Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Mary Post Road/Schuber Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Lake Vreeland.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Millstone Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach Lake Vreeland, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Old Guard Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto West Well Road, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Mary Post Road/Schuber Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Hilltop Road, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Matapan Rock Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Algonquin Gas Service Road, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Cannonball / Hoeferlin Memorial Trail, heading SW.
- 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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