Algonquin Gas Transmission Service Road–Pool Hollow Trail, 3 sights is a 5.5-mile out-and-back in Ramapo Mountain State Forest near Wanaque-Midvale, NJ. It climbs 725 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 35/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi236 – 715 ft · steepest grade: 19%6.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Wolfe Drive Trailhead 41.05448, -74.26330
Nearest town Wanaque-Midvale, NJ
Directions
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Algonquin Gas Transmission Service Road–Pool Hollow Trail, 3 sights
5.5 mi · ▲ 725 ft · 2 hr 12 min
Elevation 236–714 ft
Out & Back · Ramapo Mountain State Forest
Trailhead: Wolfe Drive Trailhead · 41.05448, -74.26330
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Wanaque Ridge Spur Trail, heading SE.
- 450 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Wanaque Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right 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 SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Indian Rock Trail, heading S.
- 450 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Pool Hollow Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto South Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 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 Wanaque Ridge Spur Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear left onto South Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Pool Hollow Bypass, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto South Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Pool Hollow Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Indian Rock Trail, heading NW.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 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 ftTurn left onto Wanaque Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Wanaque Ridge Spur Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading N.
- 150 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
96% dirt1% paved3% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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