Zen Lake & Ridge Walk Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 332 ft · 1 hr 40 min
Zen Lake & Ridge Walk Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Holmdel Park near Crawford Corners, NJ. The route reaches Zen Lake at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It climbs 332 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi75 – 266 ft6.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.37803, -74.18111
Nearest town Crawford Corners, NJ
Directions
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Zen Lake & Ridge Walk Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 332 ft · 1 hr 40 min
Elevation 74–267 ft
Out & Back · Holmdel Park
Trailhead: 40.37803, -74.18111
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Walk Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Beech Glen Trail, heading SW.
- 450 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Pond Walk, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Ramanessin Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Steeplechase Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Ramanessin Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Bell Works-Bayonet Farm Access Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Tranquility Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftReach Zen Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bell Works-Bayonet Farm Access Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Bayonet Farms Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Ramanessin Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Steeplechase Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 100 ftBear right onto Ramanessin Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Pond Walk, heading NW.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Beech Glen Trail, heading NW.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Ridge Walk Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 50 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
81% dirt5% grass14% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:24 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Clare Pond & Ridge Walk Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 305 ft
- Ramanessin Trail & Ridge Walk Trail 5.2 mi · ▲ 305 ft
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