Ramapo Mountain State Forest
Tamarack Viewpoint–Lake Tamarack, 5 sights
3 mi · ▲ 347 ft · 1 hr 10 min
Tamarack Viewpoint–Lake Tamarack, 5 sights is a 3-mile out-and-back in Ramapo Mountain State Forest near Erskine, NJ. The route passes Lake Tamarack and Tamarack Viewpoint before reaching Todd Lake at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It climbs 347 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Tamarack Viewpoint–Lake Tamarack, 5 sights
3 mi · ▲ 347 ft · 1 hr 10 min
Elevation 693–917 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 left onto Hoeferlin Memorial Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Tamarack Loop, heading E.
- 0.3 miPass Lake Tamarack.
- 50 ftBear right onto Tamarack Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miReach Tamarack Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftPass Todd Lake.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Tamarack Loop, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Hoeferlin Memorial Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Cannonball / Hoeferlin Memorial Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Cannonball / Hoeferlin Memorial Trail Trailhead
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- Water Tower Ruins–Ramapo Lake, 7 sights 3 mi · ▲ 565 ft
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- Castle Viewpoint–Lake Tamarack Loop, 8 sights 3.4 mi · ▲ 490 ft
- Stephens Lake–Castle Viewpoint, 6 sights 4 mi · ▲ 686 ft
- Lake Tamarack–Todd Lake Loop, 10 sights 4.6 mi · ▲ 736 ft
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