Complete hike details, photos, and video on our Ramapo Valley page.

7.2 miles – Moderate trail surface, some hills, rocky sections. A little snow on the trail, mostly muddy from snowmelt. The path near the pond, and a large section of trail near the reservoir was totally slick ice from all the foot travel compacting it. Crossing the pipeline later was also very icy, once false move and you would have starting sliding down the huge hill of the pipeline cut.

Rt. 287N, exit 58 to 202N in Mahwah. Large lot is on the left.

Our route: Silver to Green (Halifax) to Blue (Shore) to Red-Silver to Orange to Silver. Lots more options, connect to Ringwood and Ramapo Mountain to make longer loops; or do a short 2-mile roundtrip to Hawk Rokck viewpoint…


This is a very very popular park for strolling and dog walking around the pond and reservoir. The beginning will be overrun with people, but if you hike out past the Reservoir or Hawk Rock you will run into less hikers.

Bonus: this is a no-hunting park so it is a good option during hiking season. Note: the surrounding park do allow hunting, so keep that in mind if you want to hike far.

NJ Hiking Ramapo Mountain Moderate, North NJ