Eddy

5 out of 5 stars★★★★★

What a fun spot! I had a time squeezing through and it has tons of possibilities playing around and scrambling the rocks. The trail from Elk Pen is pretty and you can take a nice break at Island Pond if you like and take in the views, have a snack, whatever. It’s a bit buggy but it’s the forest so… Island Pond has a boat launch so you can check regarding permits and combine canoeing/boating with hiking Lemon Squeezer and surrounding area. There are very comprehensive trail maps at AllTrails. Enjoy!

Ivanna Kaleniuk

4 out of 5 stars★★★★☆

Did Elk Pen and Island pond loop today (July 13), it’s 8 miles hike with some elevation. We got there around 3PM and there were a few parking spots available so we had no issues to park our car. Hike is beautiful, everything was green and thriving, nice views from the top of the mountain. Despite the elevation and the fact that this trail was marked as hard it wasn’t too bad, but mosquitoes and flies ran us crazy that’s why I rate it 4. My boyfriend also found 2 ticks on the body during our hike so beware of that

Omar

5 out of 5 stars★★★★★

We loved it. We Parked at Elk pen parking lot and took the hike up to the island pond lake where we rested for a bit then continued the loop trail to island pond mountain down to Green pond lake where we chilled for a bit before heading back to the parking lot. It’s a 7-8 miles hike. I would say the hike is moderate to hard. The lemon squeezer part added some fun but it was only a small part of the hike which were expecting more

John Lambda

5 out of 5 stars★★★★★

We did the Elk Pen Loop, about 8 miles. Parked in the free elk pen loop parking lot, holds about 30 cars. Walked to the lake and the Lemon Squeezer. Then Island pond mountain and beautiful Surebridge mountain. Def a difficult trail. We did the trail again yesterday 10-16-22. There were plenty of spaces when we arived at 10 am. When we left, the lot was full. You can access the Elk Pen lot from the palisades side/ . The road from 17 is closed. GPS will get you there. Recommendation: After the squeezer, skip Island Pond mountain and the swamp. Just cut across the Arden surebridge trail and head to Surebridge mountain. Vast open area up there.

Regina Jamison

4 out of 5 stars★★★★☆

Great hike to take. The Lemon Squeezer was a little intimidating but made it through. Very pretty area but the only thing that made it annoying were the motorcycles all over the place circling & circling like vultures. I didn't understand. Who says let's go to the nice quiet spot on the lake and bring our noisy motorcycles! And it wasn't just one or two more like 40! Ugh.