Profile Rock–Ramapo Lake, 8 viewpoints is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Ramapo Mountain State Forest near Wanaque-Midvale, NJ. The route passes Ramapo Lake, East Shore Drive/Ramapo Lake Loop/Castle Viewpoint, North Shore Drive/Ramapo Lake Loop/Cannonball Viewpoint and 2 more. It climbs 714 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 51/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi400 – 804 ft · steepest grade: 17%5.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Wolfe Drive Trailhead 41.05448, -74.26330
Nearest town Wanaque-Midvale, NJ
Directions
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Profile Rock–Ramapo Lake, 8 viewpoints
4.8 mi · ▲ 714 ft · 1 hr 57 min
Elevation 402–805 ft
Out & Back · Ramapo Mountain State Forest
Trailhead: Wolfe Drive Trailhead · 41.05448, -74.26330
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Wanaque Ridge Spur Trail, heading SE.
- 450 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Wanaque Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Algonquin Gas Transmission Service Road/Wanaque Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear left onto Wanaque Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miPass Ramapo Lake.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Cannonball Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Foxcroft Road/Castle Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 350 ftPass East Shore Drive/Ramapo Lake Loop/Castle Viewpoint.
- 50 ftTurn right onto North Shore Drive/Ramapo Lake Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto North Shore Drive/Ramapo Lake Loop/Cannonball Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miPass North Shore Drive/Ramapo Lake Loop/Cannonball Viewpoint.
- 50 ftPass Ramapo Lake Loop/Cannonball Viewpoint.
- 100 ftBear left onto North Shore Drive, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Algonquin Gas Transmission Service Road, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Wanaque Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miPass Profile Rock.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Algonquin Gas Transmission Service Road, heading E.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Wanaque Ridge Spur Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 300 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
93% dirt7% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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