Ramapo Mountain State Forest
Matapan Rock–Algonquin Gas Service Road, 4 sights
2.7 mi · ▲ 252 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Matapan Rock–Algonquin Gas Service Road, 4 sights is a 2.7-mile out-and-back in Ramapo Mountain State Forest near Oakland, NJ. The route reaches Matapan Rock at the turnaround, 1.4 miles in. It climbs 252 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Matapan Rock–Algonquin Gas Service Road, 4 sights
2.7 mi · ▲ 252 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Elevation 819–989 ft
Out & Back · Ramapo Mountain State Forest
Trailhead: Upper Parking Trailhead · 41.04779, -74.25172
Weather Sep 7: Partly cloudy, high 73°F / low 54° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Tamarack Road/Hoeferlin Memorial Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Hoeferlin Memorial Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Cannonball / Hoeferlin Memorial Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Algonquin Gas Service Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Matapan Rock Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Cannonball / Hoeferlin Memorial Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 350 ftReach Matapan Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Matapan Rock Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Algonquin Gas Service Road, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Cannonball / Hoeferlin Memorial Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Hoeferlin Memorial Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Tamarack Road/Hoeferlin Memorial Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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