Profile Rock–Castle Viewpoint, 6 sights is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Ramapo Mountain State Forest near Erskine, NJ. The route passes Castle Viewpoint before reaching Profile Rock at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 705 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 37/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi449 – 899 ft · steepest grade: 22%5.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Cannonball / Hoeferlin Memorial Trail 41.05940, -74.25053
Nearest town Erskine, NJ
Directions
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Profile Rock–Castle Viewpoint, 6 sights
4.9 mi · ▲ 705 ft · 1 hr 59 min
Elevation 448–898 ft
Out & Back · Ramapo Mountain State Forest
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 S.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Cannonball Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Castle Loop Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Castle Viewpoint.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Algonquin Gas Transmission Service Road/Castle Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Castle Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Algonquin Gas Transmission Service Road, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Wanaque Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 1.1 miReach Profile Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Algonquin Gas Transmission Service Road, heading S.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Castle Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Algonquin Gas Transmission Service Road/Castle Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Castle Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Cannonball Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Cannonball / Hoeferlin Memorial Trail, heading NE.
- 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
98% dirt2% paved
Weather
Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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