Pete's Path & South Ridge Trail is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Ramapo Mountain State Forest near Oakland, NJ. It climbs 678 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi213 – 548 ft · steepest grade: 16%5.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.01526, -74.27207
Nearest town Oakland, NJ
Directions
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Pete's Path & South Ridge Trail
5.2 mi · ▲ 678 ft · 2 hr 4 min
Elevation 214–547 ft
Out & Back · Ramapo Mountain State Forest
Trailhead: 41.01526, -74.27207
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear left, heading N.
- 350 ftBear right onto South Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Pool Hollow Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Indian Rock Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Wanaque Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Pete's Path, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Cresent, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Pete's Path, heading N.
- 0.1 miReach South Ridge Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Cresent, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 100 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Pete's Path, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Wanaque Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Indian Rock Trail, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Pool Hollow Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto South Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading S.
- 350 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
78% dirt2% paved20% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM
More from this trailhead
- Pool Hollow Trail 2 mi · ▲ 223 ft
- South Ridge Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 324 ft
- Algonquin Gas Transmission Service Road 2.8 mi · ▲ 350 ft
- Pool Hollow Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 350 ft
- Wanaque Ridge Viewpoint & Wanaque Ridge Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 567 ft
- Pete's Path & South Ridge Trail via Algonquin Gas Transmission Service Road 4.8 mi · ▲ 589 ft
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