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Ramapo Lake–North Shore Drive/Ramapo Lake Loop/Cannonball Viewpoint, 8 sights is an 8.3-mile out-and-back in Ramapo Mountain State Forest near Erskine, NJ. The route passes Lake Vreeland, Lake Tamarack, Ramapo Lake and 2 more. It climbs 1,015 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 27/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi358 – 846 ft9.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Millstone Trail 41.06224, -74.23758
Nearest town Erskine, NJ

Directions

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Ramapo Lake–North Shore Drive/Ramapo Lake Loop/Cannonball Viewpoint, 8 sights

8.3 mi · ▲ 1,015 ft · 3 hr 16 min

Elevation 357–847 ft

Out & Back · Ramapo Mountain State Forest

Trailhead: Millstone Trail · 41.06224, -74.23758

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:22 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Millstone Trail, heading W.
  2. 50 ftPass Lake Vreeland.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left onto Millstone/Schuber Trail, heading SW.
  4. 50 ftBear left onto Schuber Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.8 miPass Lake Tamarack.
  6. 300 ftTurn right onto Tamarack Loop, heading SW.
  7. 0.3 miTurn left onto Tamarack Road/Hoeferlin Memorial Trail, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftBear left onto Castle Loop Trail, heading S.
  9. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Ramapo Park, heading SW.
  10. 450 ftBear left, heading S.
  11. 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
  12. 450 ftContinue straight onto Cannonball Trail, heading NW.
  13. 0.6 miPass Ramapo Lake.
  14. 100 ftBear left onto Foxcroft Road, heading W.
  15. 50 ftTurn right onto Cannonball Trail, heading W.
  16. 250 ftTurn left onto Cannonball Trail / Castle Loop, heading SW.
  17. 50 ftContinue straight onto Cannonball Trail, heading W.
  18. 0.1 miTurn left onto Wanaque Ridge/Cannonball Trail, heading NW.
  19. 450 ftTurn right onto North Shore Drive/Ramapo Lake Loop/Cannonball Trail, heading S.
  20. 0.1 miPass North Shore Drive/Ramapo Lake Loop/Cannonball Viewpoint.
  21. 50 ftPass Ramapo Lake Loop/Cannonball Viewpoint.
  22. 150 ftBear left onto North Shore Drive, heading S.
  23. 0.6 miTurn right onto Indian Rock Trail, heading S.
  24. 400 ftBear left, heading S.
  25. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Pool Hollow Trail, heading S.
  26. 0.2 miContinue straight onto South Ridge Trail, heading S.
  27. 150 ftTurn left onto Pool Hollow Bypass, heading S.
  28. 0.2 miContinue straight onto South Ridge Trail, heading S.
  29. 50 ftReach Ramapo Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  30. 50 ftContinue straight onto Pool Hollow Bypass, heading S.
  31. 0.2 miTurn right onto South Ridge Trail, heading SE.
  32. 100 ftContinue straight onto Pool Hollow Trail, heading SE.
  33. 0.4 miBear right onto Indian Rock Trail, heading N.
  34. 400 ftTurn left, heading N.
  35. 0.6 miBear right onto North Shore Drive/Ramapo Lake Loop/Cannonball Trail, heading N.
  36. 0.2 miTurn left onto Wanaque Ridge/Cannonball Trail, heading NE.
  37. 450 ftTurn right onto Cannonball Trail, heading E.
  38. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Cannonball Trail / Castle Loop, heading N.
  39. 50 ftTurn right onto Cannonball Trail, heading N.
  40. 250 ftTurn left onto Foxcroft Road, heading N.
  41. 50 ftBear right onto Cannonball Trail, heading N.
  42. 0.7 miSharp right, heading E.
  43. 0.1 miBear right onto Rye Cliff Road, heading N.
  44. 450 ftContinue straight onto Castle Loop Trail, heading N.
  45. 0.1 miBear right onto Tamarack Road/Hoeferlin Memorial Trail, heading S.
  46. 50 ftTurn right onto Tamarack Loop, heading S.
  47. 0.3 miTurn left onto Schuber Trail, heading SE.
  48. 0.9 miBear right onto Millstone/Schuber Trail, heading NE.
  49. 50 ftTurn right onto Millstone Trail, heading NE.
  50. 0.1 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

90% dirt5% gravel1% paved4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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