Algonquin Gas Service Road–Algonquin Gas Transmission Service Road, 4 sights is a 6.8-mile out-and-back in Ramapo Mountain State Forest near Erskine, NJ. It climbs 993 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 26/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi236 – 935 ft7.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Algonquin Gas Service Road 41.05882, -74.25283
Nearest town Erskine, NJ
Directions
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Algonquin Gas Service Road–Algonquin Gas Transmission Service Road, 4 sights
6.8 mi · ▲ 993 ft · 2 hr 46 min
Elevation 236–934 ft
Out & Back · Ramapo Mountain State Forest
Trailhead: Algonquin Gas Service Road · 41.05882, -74.25283
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
- Start on Algonquin Gas Service Road, heading SW.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Castle Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Algonquin Gas Transmission Service Road/Castle Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Castle Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Algonquin Gas Transmission Service Road, heading NW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Algonquin Gas Transmission Service Road/Wanaque Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Algonquin Gas Transmission Service Road, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Indian Rock Trail, heading S.
- 400 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Pool Hollow Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto South Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Pool Hollow Bypass, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto South Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Pool Hollow Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miReach Algonquin Gas Service Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear left onto South Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Pool Hollow Bypass, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto South Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Pool Hollow Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Indian Rock Trail, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Algonquin Gas Transmission Service Road, heading N.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Algonquin Gas Transmission Service Road/Wanaque Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Algonquin Gas Transmission Service Road, heading NE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Castle Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Algonquin Gas Transmission Service Road/Castle Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Castle Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Algonquin Gas Service Road, heading NE.
- 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
99% dirt1% paved
Weather
Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM
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