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Todd Lake & Ramapo Lake Spur Trail is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in Ramapo Mountain State Forest near Oakland, NJ. The route reaches Todd Lake at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It climbs 530 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi335 – 673 ft3.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Ramapo Lake Spur Trail 41.03233, -74.25211
Nearest town Oakland, NJ

Directions

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Todd Lake & Ramapo Lake Spur Trail

3.1 mi · ▲ 530 ft · 1 hr 18 min

Elevation 336–673 ft

Out & Back · Ramapo Mountain State Forest

Trailhead: Ramapo Lake Spur Trail · 41.03233, -74.25211

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:43 AM · sunset 6:59 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Ramapo Lake Spur Trail, heading SW.
  2. 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
  3. 0.8 miTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 0.3 miBear left onto Todd Hill Loop, heading N.
  5. 500 ftTurn right onto Tamarack Loop / Todd Hill Trail, heading E.
  6. 150 ftContinue straight onto Todd Hill Loop, heading E.
  7. 100 ftReach Todd Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 100 ftContinue straight onto Tamarack Loop / Todd Hill Trail, heading E.
  9. 200 ftTurn left onto Todd Hill Loop, heading SW.
  10. 450 ftBear right, heading S.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  12. 0.8 miBear left onto Ramapo Lake Spur Trail, heading SW.
  13. 0.3 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

80% dirt20% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:43 AMSunset 6:59 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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