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