High Mountain Park Preserve

Pancake Hollow Trail

3.1 mi · ▲ 396 ft · 1 hr 14 min

Pancake Hollow Trail is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in High Mountain Park Preserve near Pines Lake, NJ. It climbs 396 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi404 – 610 ft3.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.98411, -74.24376
Nearest town Pines Lake, NJ

Directions

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Pancake Hollow Trail

3.1 mi · ▲ 396 ft · 1 hr 14 min

Elevation 403–611 ft

Out & Back · High Mountain Park Preserve

Trailhead: 40.98411, -74.24376

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 7:25 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
  3. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  4. 350 ftBear left, heading SE.
  5. 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
  6. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  7. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  8. 200 ftTurn right onto Pancake Hollow Trail, heading NE.
  9. 400 ftTurn right, heading E.
  10. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Purple Trail, heading E.
  12. 250 ftBear left, heading NW.
  13. 250 ftBear right, heading E.
  14. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  15. 1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  16. 1.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  17. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  18. 50 ftTurn left onto Pancake Hollow Trail, heading NW.
  19. 400 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  20. 200 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  21. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  22. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  23. 350 ftBear right, heading W.
  24. 350 ftBear right, heading NW.
  25. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  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 surface

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:28 AMSunset 7:25 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~31 min). Leave by 6:34 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:05 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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