LeGrande Viewpoint–Ramapo Lake, 4 sights is a 2.7-mile out-and-back in Ramapo Mountain State Forest near Oakland, NJ. The route passes Ramapo Lake before reaching LeGrande Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.3 miles in. It climbs 530 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi335 – 728 ft · steepest grade: 22%2.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Ramapo Lake Spur Trail 41.03233, -74.25211
Nearest town Oakland, NJ
Directions
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LeGrande Viewpoint–Ramapo Lake, 4 sights
2.7 mi · ▲ 530 ft · 1 hr 10 min
Elevation 336–730 ft
Out & Back · Ramapo Mountain State Forest
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.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Ramapo Lake Spur/Castle Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Ramapo Lake.
- 150 ftBear left, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left onto South Shore Drive/Ramapo Lake Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left onto LeGrande Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftReach LeGrande Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto South Shore Drive/Ramapo Lake Loop Trail, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Ramapo Lake Spur/Castle Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Ramapo Lake Spur Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
97% dirt2% paved1% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:43 AMSunset 6:59 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Ramapo Lake Spur Trail Trailhead
- North Lookout–Ramapo Lake, 10 sights 10 mi · ▲ 1,776 ft
- Lake Tamarack–Todd Lake, 6 sights 7 mi · ▲ 1,528 ft
- Pool Hollow Viewpoint–Ramapo Lake, 6 sights 5.1 mi · ▲ 663 ft
- Todd Lake & Ramapo Lake Spur Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 530 ft
- LeGrande Viewpoint–Ramapo Lake, 4 viewpoints 2.5 mi · ▲ 494 ft
- Ramapo Lake–Castle Loop Trail, 3 sights 2.2 mi · ▲ 422 ft
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