Ramapo Valley County Reservation
North Lookout–Algonquin Gas Service Road, 5 sights
5.4 mi · ▲ 1,011 ft · 2 hr 18 min
North Lookout–Algonquin Gas Service Road, 5 sights is a 5.4-mile out-and-back in Ramapo Valley County Reservation near Erskine, NJ. The route reaches North Lookout. It climbs 1,011 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 57/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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North Lookout–Algonquin Gas Service Road, 5 sights
5.4 mi · ▲ 1,011 ft · 2 hr 18 min
Elevation 404–946 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.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Hilltop Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Mary Post Road/Schuber Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Old Guard/Schuber Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Schuber Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Yellow / Yellow-Silver Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftPass North Lookout.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Yellow-Silver Trail, heading E.
- 1.1 miReach North Lookout, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miSharp left onto Yellow / Yellow-Silver Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading NW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Schuber Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Old Guard/Schuber Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Mary Post Road/Schuber Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Hilltop Road, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Matapan Rock Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Algonquin Gas Service Road, heading SW.
- 0.4 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.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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