Ramapo Mountain State Forest

Any hike with ruins pretty much gets an automatic five stars from me, but I thought Ramapo's ruins were especially beautiful (with a bit of a sad and short history behind them, if you care to look... Read more

My 350th Yelp review is a banger. I try to stop by Ramapo at least once a year, usually at the beginning of hiking season; there's a nice 5- or 6-mile route I do in there that helps me build up... Read more

For our annual fall hike, my husband and I did the Van Slyke Castle Loop trail, which All Trails lists as moderate and I would say that it's pretty accurate. It starts off as a nice, flat trail.... Read more