LeGrande Viewpoint–Pool Hollow Viewpoint, 4 sights is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Ramapo Mountain State Forest near Oakland, NJ. The route passes Pool Hollow Viewpoint before reaching LeGrande Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.4 miles in. It climbs 773 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi240 – 722 ft · steepest grade: 29%3.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Pool Hollow Trailhead 41.01887, -74.26758
Nearest town Oakland, NJ
Directions
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LeGrande Viewpoint–Pool Hollow Viewpoint, 4 sights
2.8 mi · ▲ 773 ft · 1 hr 19 min
Elevation 240–722 ft
Out & Back · Ramapo Mountain State Forest
Trailhead: Pool Hollow Trailhead · 41.01887, -74.26758
Weather Sep 7: Overcast, high 76°F / low 55° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Pool Hollow Bypass, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear right onto Pool Hollow Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto South Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Pool Hollow Bypass, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto South Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Pool Hollow Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miPass Pool Hollow Viewpoint.
- 100 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto LeGrande-Lake Connector Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miReach LeGrande Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Pool Hollow Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto South Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Pool Hollow Bypass, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto South Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Pool Hollow Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Pool Hollow Bypass, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 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
85% dirt3% paved12% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 76°F55°
Precip0%Wind5 mphUV6Humidity74%
Rained 0.4″ 4 days ago (0.7″ over the last week)
Hourly temperature
80°55°
Sunrise 6:30 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:22 PM
Tue
79°58°
Wed
84°61°
Thu
79°66°
30%
Fri
75°56°
22%
Sat
79°55°
Sun
83°58°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Algonquin Gas Transmission Service Road & Pool Hollow Trail 3 mi · ▲ 505 ft
- Indian Rock Trail & Pool Hollow Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 548 ft
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- Pool Hollow Viewpoint–Ramapo Lake, 5 sights 4.2 mi · ▲ 442 ft
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