Meet Mahwah's Parks: Ramapo Reservation
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Looking to take advantage of trails and parks this summer season? This week at Patch, we are offering a guide to some of the best parks and trails in Mahwah. Add your comments and favorite ways to enjoy today's park in the comments section. The Ramapo Valley County Reservation History Approximately 3313 acres long, the Ramapo Reservation is one of Bergen County’s biggest parks. The reservation borders both Ringwood State Park and the Ramapo Mountain State Forest. Despite urbanization, most of the reservation has been left in its natural state. Visitors can enjoy hiking amongst the reservations hills and valleys as well as canoeing and fishing on the Ramapo River and other ponds in the area. The reservation is located on Ramapo Valley Road…
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Andy Schmidt
11:37 am on Tuesday, June 19, 2012
The volunteers of the NYNJTC (the trail council) in Mahwah (the organization that is restoring the old school house a few hundred yards from the park entrance) are maintaining the trails, putting up the color blazes -- and have the maps so you know where you're going: http://www.nynjtc.org/product/north-jersey-trails (a simplified version can be downlaoded: http://www.nynjtc.org/files/… more ›