This is a fairly gentle 7.5 mile mainly forest road (paved) trail around the <br />
perimeter of Promised Land Lake. There are beautiful views of the lake for the <br />
entire ride which takes you through very pretty wooded scenery, which in July <br />
is full of rhododendrons. There are also options to add in loops to Ridgefield and <br />
Pickerel Points as well as a one mile doubletrack flat wooded trail around <br />
Constitution Island. There is a very good trail map available for this and other <br />
trails at Promised Land and trail intersections are clearly marked and numbered.<br />
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Starting at the beach parking area, look for a path on the right which takes you <br />
along the side of the lake to a small bridge above a dam. Cross the bridge and <br />
turn left, going through a small parking lot. At the end of the lot is a gravel trail <br />
which takes you to Park Ave which continues around the lake, passing <br />
Constitution Island along the way. At the end of Park Ave (trail intersection <br />
#89) turn left and continue round the lake, on this section you will pass the <br />
entrance to both Pickerel point and Ridgefield Point. At trail intersection #72 <br />
turn left along a short wooded path before turning left into a campsite. Follow <br />
the trail through the campsite and take a small trail at intersection #94 back to <br />
the beach parking lot.
Promised Land Stet park can be found about 3 miles south of I-84 exit 26 and is <br />well signed from Route 390. Park at the main beach parking area.
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