Pancake Hollow Trail
3 mi · ▲ 387 ft · 1 hr 12 min
Pancake Hollow Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back in High Mountain Park Preserve near Pines Lake, NJ. It climbs 387 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Pancake Hollow Trail
3 mi · ▲ 387 ft · 1 hr 12 min
Elevation 401–611 ft
Out & Back · High Mountain Park Preserve
Trailhead: 40.98252, -74.24369
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 350 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Pancake Hollow Trail, heading SE.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Purple Trail, heading E.
- 250 ftBear left, heading E.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Pancake Hollow Trail, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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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.
More from this trailhead
- Pancake Hollow Trail 3 mi · ▲ 381 ft
- Pancake Hollow Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 396 ft
- Purple Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 381 ft
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