1. Start on Ringwood-Ramapo/Shepherd Lake Trail/Mountain Bike Loop, heading SE.
2. 50 ftPass Shepherd Lake.
3. 50 ftPass Ringwood State Park Beach.
4. 0.2 miBear left onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail/Mountain Bike Loop/Race Trail, heading E.
5. 0.1 miTurn right onto Ringwood-Ramapo/Shepherd Lake Trail, heading SE.
6. 0.2 miBear right onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading S.
7. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Mountain Bike Loop/Race Trail, heading SE.
8. 50 ftBear right onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading SE.
9. 0.6 miPass Five Ponds Viewpoint.
10. 100 ftTurn left onto Five Ponds Loop Trail, heading S.
11. 50 ftTurn right onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading S.
12. 0.1 miPass Ringwood-Ramapo Viewpoint.
13. 0.3 miBear left onto The Knob, heading W.
14. 150 ftContinue straight onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading SW.
15. 0.3 miPass Duck Pond.
16. 250 ftTurn left onto The Knob, heading SW.
17. 50 ftTurn left onto Defiance Road/Five Ponds Loop Trail, heading SW.
18. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Crossover/Five Ponds Loop Trail, heading SW.
19. 50 ftTurn right onto Defiance Road, heading E.
20. 50 ftBear left onto Crossover/Five Ponds Loop Trail, heading E.
21. 0.1 miPass Gatun Pond.
22. 250 ftBear right onto Boulder Way South, heading S.
23. 50 ftTurn left onto Crossover/Five Ponds Loop Trail, heading S.
24. 50 ftTurn right onto Boulder Way South, heading S.
25. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
26. 50 ftTurn right onto Ice Pond Road, heading S.
27. 300 ftBear right onto Catnest Trail-Renegade, heading SW.
28. 0.6 miBear left onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading SW.
29. 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
30. 50 ftBear left onto Catnest Swamp Road, heading SW.
31. 0.2 miTurn left onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading SW.
32. 200 ftSharp left onto Erskine Connector Trail, heading S.
33. 0.9 miPass Iaoapogh Lake.
34. 50 ftPass Cannonball Lake.
35. 500 ftTurn right onto Cannonball Trail, heading S.
36. 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
37. 150 ftReach Ringwood-Ramapo Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
38. 0.3 miTurn left onto Erskine Connector Trail, heading S.
39. 1 miSharp right onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading W.
40. 200 ftTurn right onto Catnest Swamp Road, heading NW.
41. 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
42. 50 ftTurn left onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading NW.
43. 100 ftBear right onto Catnest Trail-Renegade, heading NW.
44. 0.6 miBear left onto Ice Pond Road, heading N.
45. 300 ftTurn left, heading NE.
46. 50 ftTurn right onto Boulder Way South, heading NE.
47. 250 ftTurn left onto Crossover/Five Ponds Loop Trail, heading NE.
48. 50 ftTurn right onto Boulder Way South, heading NE.
49. 50 ftBear left onto Crossover/Five Ponds Loop Trail, heading N.
50. 0.2 miBear right onto Defiance Road, heading NE.
51. 50 ftTurn left onto Crossover/Five Ponds Loop Trail, heading NE.
52. 50 ftContinue straight onto Defiance Road/Five Ponds Loop Trail, heading NE.
53. 0.2 miTurn right onto The Knob, heading NE.
54. 50 ftTurn right onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading NE.
55. 0.4 miContinue straight onto The Knob, heading N.
56. 150 ftBear right onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading N.
57. 0.4 miTurn left onto Five Ponds Loop Trail, heading N.
58. 50 ftTurn right onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading N.
59. 0.6 miBear left onto Mountain Bike Loop/Race Trail, heading NE.
60. 50 ftContinue straight onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading NE.
61. 0.3 miBear left onto Ringwood-Ramapo/Shepherd Lake Trail, heading NW.
62. 0.2 miTurn left onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail/Mountain Bike Loop/Race Trail, heading NE.
63. 0.1 miBear right onto Ringwood-Ramapo/Shepherd Lake Trail/Mountain Bike Loop, heading E.
64. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/ringwood-ramapo-viewpoint-shepherd-lake-out-back-20-sights-15-km