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Pennington Park

Holiday Lake & Rancocas Creek Trail

2.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 52 min

Holiday Lake & Rancocas Creek Trail is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Pennington Park near Sharper, NJ. The route reaches Holiday Lake. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi7 – 23 ft3.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Rancocas Creek Trail 40.03577, -74.92918
Nearest town Sharper, NJ
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Holiday Lake & Rancocas Creek Trail

2.6 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 52 min

Elevation 5–24 ft

Out & Back · Pennington Park

Trailhead: Rancocas Creek Trail · 40.03577, -74.92918

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 50 ftPass Holiday Lake.
  3. 150 ftTurn right onto Rancocas Creek Trail, heading W.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  6. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  7. 200 ftBear right onto Rancocas Creek Greenway, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  9. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  11. 450 ftContinue straight onto Rancocas Creek Trail, heading N.
  12. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  13. 0.1 miSharp left, heading NW.
  14. 0.6 miReach Holiday Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.5 miSharp left, heading SE.
  16. 350 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  17. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Rancocas Creek Greenway, heading SE.
  18. 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  19. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  20. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  21. 200 ftTurn left, heading E.
  22. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  23. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  24. 150 ftContinue straight onto Rancocas Creek Trail, heading SE.
  25. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  26. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/holiday-lake-out-back

Trail surface

77% paved6% dirt17% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:27 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.0 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 7:06 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:43 PM — 12 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Sharper, New Jersey