Cupsaw Mountain Loop Hike at Shepherd Lake»
Right before everything shut down due to the Coronavirus health crisis in Spring of 2020, we joined Take A Hike NJ for a hike in the Shepherd Lake section of Ringwood State Park. The hike is rated easy to moderate by the NY-NJ Trail Conference, so we brought the dogs along.
We encountered a strange rusted out contraption in the woods shortly after setting out on the trail which made us miss out first turn. After backtracking a little, we followed the trail to Cupsaw Brook. Eventually the trail began to climb to a ridge with a ramshackle shelter on top of Cupsaw Mountain.
We rested at the shelter for a while and took some group photos before heading back down the mountain to the lake. We had hiked a little over 3 miles in pleasant weather with several canine members joining us for the trek. Little did we know this would be the last group activity we’d enjoy for a while as ‘Stay Home’ orders went into effect the following weekend.
Ringwood State Park Posts:
- Merry Christmas from Ringwood Manor
- Ringwood Manor National Historic Landmark District
- Skylands
- Jungle Habitat
- Long Pond Ironworks
- Victorian Christmas at Ringwood Manor
- Shepherd Lake (Coming Soon)
- Cupsaw Mountain Loop
- Sklyands Manor (Coming Soon)
Location: Morris Road, Ringwood, N.J. 07456
Designation: State Park
Date established/designated: 1966
Date of my visit: March 15, 2020
