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Algonquin Gas Transmission Service Road is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Ramapo Mountain State Forest near Oakland, NJ. It climbs 350 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi289 – 548 ft · steepest grade: 19%3.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.01679, -74.27214
Nearest town Oakland, NJ

Directions

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Algonquin Gas Transmission Service Road

2.8 mi · ▲ 350 ft · 1 hr 6 min

Elevation 290–547 ft

Out & Back · Ramapo Mountain State Forest

Trailhead: 41.01679, -74.27214

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.1 miBear left onto Pool Hollow Lake Loop, heading NE.
  3. 450 ftBear left onto Pool Hollow Trail, heading N.
  4. 450 ftBear left onto South Ridge Trail, heading NW.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Pool Hollow Bypass, heading NW.
  6. 0.2 miTurn right onto South Ridge Trail, heading NW.
  7. 150 ftContinue straight onto Pool Hollow Trail, heading NW.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left onto Indian Rock Trail, heading N.
  10. 250 ftContinue straight onto Wanaque Ridge Trail, heading N.
  11. 0.3 miTurn right onto Algonquin Gas Transmission Service Road, heading NE.
  12. 50 ftBear left onto Wanaque Ridge Trail, heading NE.
  13. 400 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  14. 350 ftBear right onto Algonquin Gas Transmission Service Road, heading N.
  15. 50 ftTurn left onto Wanaque Ridge Trail, heading N.
  16. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Indian Rock Trail, heading E.
  17. 200 ftTurn right, heading S.
  18. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  19. 250 ftContinue straight onto Pool Hollow Trail, heading SE.
  20. 0.2 miContinue straight onto South Ridge Trail, heading S.
  21. 150 ftTurn left onto Pool Hollow Bypass, heading S.
  22. 0.2 miContinue straight onto South Ridge Trail, heading SE.
  23. 50 ftBear right onto Pool Hollow Trail, heading E.
  24. 450 ftBear right onto Pool Hollow Lake Loop, heading SE.
  25. 450 ftBear right, heading SE.
  26. 100 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

97% dirt3% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM

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