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Ramapo Mountain State Forest

Upper Erskine Lake–Iaoapogh Lake, 6 sights

5.5 mi · ▲ 900 ft · 2 hr 17 min

Upper Erskine Lake–Iaoapogh Lake, 6 sights is a 5.5-mile out-and-back in Ramapo Mountain State Forest near Erskine, NJ. The route passes Cannonball Lake and Iaoapogh Lake before reaching Upper Erskine Lake at the turnaround, 2.7 miles in. It climbs 900 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi525 – 942 ft6.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.07930, -74.22348
Nearest town Erskine, NJ
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Upper Erskine Lake–Iaoapogh Lake, 6 sights

5.5 mi · ▲ 900 ft · 2 hr 17 min

Elevation 527–943 ft

Out & Back · Ramapo Mountain State Forest

Trailhead: 41.07930, -74.22348

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Cannonball Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.1 miPass Cannonball Lake.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left onto Erskine Connector Trail, heading N.
  6. 50 ftPass Iaoapogh Lake.
  7. 1 miSharp right onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading W.
  8. 200 ftTurn right onto Catnest Swamp Road, heading N.
  9. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  10. 50 ftTurn left onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading N.
  11. 100 ftBear right onto Catnest Trail-Renegade, heading N.
  12. 50 ftTurn left onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left onto Erskine Trail, heading NW.
  14. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  15. 350 ftReach Upper Erskine Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  17. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading NE.
  18. 0.1 miTurn right onto Catnest Trail-Renegade, heading S.
  19. 50 ftBear left onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading S.
  20. 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
  21. 50 ftBear left onto Catnest Swamp Road, heading S.
  22. 0.2 miTurn left onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading SE.
  23. 200 ftSharp left onto Erskine Connector Trail, heading E.
  24. 1 miTurn right onto Cannonball Trail, heading SE.
  25. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading S.
  26. 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
  27. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/upper-erskine-lake-iaoapogh-lake-out-back-10-lakes

Trail surface

84% dirt16% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:43 AMSunset 6:59 PM

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