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
- Start on Millstone Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Lake Vreeland.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Millstone/Schuber Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Schuber Trail, heading S.
- 0.8 miPass Lake Tamarack.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Tamarack Loop, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Tamarack Road/Hoeferlin Memorial Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Castle Loop Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Ramapo Park, heading SW.
- 450 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Cannonball Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miPass Ramapo Lake.
- 100 ftBear left onto Foxcroft Road, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Cannonball Trail, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Cannonball Trail / Castle Loop, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Cannonball Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Wanaque Ridge/Cannonball Trail, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn right onto North Shore Drive/Ramapo Lake Loop/Cannonball Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miPass North Shore Drive/Ramapo Lake Loop/Cannonball Viewpoint.
- 50 ftPass Ramapo Lake Loop/Cannonball Viewpoint.
- 150 ftBear left onto North Shore Drive, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Indian Rock Trail, heading S.
- 400 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Pool Hollow Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto South Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Pool Hollow Bypass, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto South Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftReach Ramapo Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Pool Hollow Bypass, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto South Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Pool Hollow Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Indian Rock Trail, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear right onto North Shore Drive/Ramapo Lake Loop/Cannonball Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Wanaque Ridge/Cannonball Trail, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Cannonball Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Cannonball Trail / Castle Loop, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Cannonball Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Foxcroft Road, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Cannonball Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Rye Cliff Road, heading N.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Castle Loop Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Tamarack Road/Hoeferlin Memorial Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Tamarack Loop, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Schuber Trail, heading SE.
- 0.9 miBear right onto Millstone/Schuber Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Millstone Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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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
More from Millstone Trail Trailhead
- Matapan Rock–Lake Vreeland, 4 sights 1.6 mi · ▲ 343 ft
- Tamarack Viewpoint–Lake Tamarack, 4 lakes 2.5 mi · ▲ 254 ft
- Twin Hill–North Lookout, 9 sights 3.1 mi · ▲ 485 ft
- Lake Vreeland–Millstone Trail Loop, 6 sights 3.2 mi · ▲ 669 ft
- Suzi's Rock–Middle Valley Lookout Loop, 10 sights 3.2 mi · ▲ 462 ft
- Todd Hill–Todd Lookout, 6 lakes 3.3 mi · ▲ 364 ft
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