Ramapo
My twin daughters have attended grade school in Mahwah, NJ since the fall of 2025. Not long after they started there, I discovered nearby Ramapo Valley County Reservation, a jewel of a park in Mahwah with an expansive space to hike and explore a protected woodland and watershed environment with wildlife such as deer, squirrels, chipmunks, bunnies, snakes, turtles, waterfowl and birds (black bears and coyotes have been known to roam here). I routinely visited the park for an hour in the morning after dropping my kids and before beginning my workday. I brought my camera along to capture landscapes of waterfalls, vistas from mountaintops, trails through the woods and the wildlife. The pictures are from 3 seasons of fall, winter and spring and this park is a must visit for anyone in the nearby area.
