Pancake Hollow Trail
3.7 mi · ▲ 356 ft · 1 hr 25 min
Pancake Hollow Trail is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in High Mountain Park Preserve near Pines Lake, NJ. It climbs 356 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi410 – 610 ft4.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.98778, -74.24923
Nearest town Pines Lake, NJ
Directions
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Pancake Hollow Trail
3.7 mi · ▲ 356 ft · 1 hr 25 min
Elevation 410–611 ft
Out & Back · High Mountain Park Preserve
Trailhead: 40.98778, -74.24923
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Pancake Hollow Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Purple Trail, heading E.
- 250 ftBear left, heading E.
- 250 ftBear right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Pancake Hollow Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:28 AMSunset 7:25 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~38 min). Leave by 6:27 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:13 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Beech Mountain-Clove Viewpoint & Beech Mountain-Clove Trail 5.5 mi · ▲ 606 ft
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