Ramapo Mountain State Forest

Ramapo Mountain State Forest at Bergen and Passaic Counties of New Jersey is under the management of Department of Environmental Protection of New Jersey. The forest cover 4,629 acres of land. Activities includes hiking, fishing, hunting, canoeing, ice-fishing, cross-country skiing, horseback riding and mountain biking. Famous attraction is Van Slyke Castle or Foxcroft Mansion.
Nearest Town: Oakland, NJ
Difficulty: Moderate
Canine Compatibility: Dog Friendly
Trail Head: 101 Skyline Drive, Oakland, NJ 07436 (41.03231,-74.25177)
Restroom: Portable restroom at trailhead parking lot.
More Information: http://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/parks/ramapo.html
Trail Map: http://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/parks/ramapo.html
Hike Distance: 8.4 miles
Lowest Elevation: 291 ft
Highest Elevation: 999 ft

On this hike, I did the blue (MacEvoy)-white (castle point)-red (cannonball)-red (cannonball)/yellow (Hoeferlin Memorial)-red (Matapan Rock)-orange (Schuber)-white (Millstone)-yellow-white (Todd)-blue (MacEvoy).
 

Sign indicate parking lot

blue (MacEvoy) trail head at the left of parking lot

blue (MacEvoy) and white (Todd) junction



blue (MacEvoy) and yellow (Hoeferlin Memorial) junction



blue (MacEvoy) and yellow (Memorial) second junction



Ramapo Lake view from blue (MacEvoy) Trail



blue (MacEvoy) and red (Cannonball) junction. The mark show the beginning of white, but white actually start at the next junction.



red (Cannonball) and white (Castle Point) junction



castle



castle



view of Norvin Green State Forest and Wanaque Reservoir from white (Castle Point) trail



castle tower



gas pipe service road and white (Castle Point) junction



red (Cannonball) and Skyline Drive junction



red (Cannonball) and yellow (Hoeferlin Memorial) junction. Both trails join after junction.



red (Cannonball) / yellow (Hoeferlin Memorial) trail. The blaze is on the fence of the transformer station. Took me a while to find it.



red (Cannonball) / yellow (Hoeferlin Memorial) and red (Matapan Rock) junction



view from red (Matapan Rock) trail



gas pipe road and red (Matapan Rock) junction





red (Matapan Rock) and orange (Schuber) junstion



Lake Vreeland view from Camp Glen Gray



orange (Schuber) and white (Millstone) junction





orange (Schuber) and white (Millstone) junction

 

yellow trail



yellow trail



 

water tower at the left of yellow trail

 

end of yellow at the wood road which should be white (Todd), but cannot see any blaze until a few steps after turning left.

 

white (Todd) crossing Skyline Drive

 

end of white (Todd) and junction with blue (MacEvoy)