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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 250 ftBear left, heading N.
  4. 350 ftBear right onto South Ridge Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Pool Hollow Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left onto Indian Rock Trail, heading N.
  8. 250 ftContinue straight onto Wanaque Ridge Trail, heading N.
  9. 0.4 miTurn left onto Pete's Path, heading N.
  10. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  11. 100 ftBear left, heading NW.
  12. 50 ftTurn right onto Cresent, heading NW.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left onto Pete's Path, heading N.
  14. 0.1 miReach South Ridge Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.1 miTurn right onto Cresent, heading N.
  16. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  17. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  18. 100 ftBear left, heading S.
  19. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Pete's Path, heading S.
  20. 0.1 miTurn right onto Wanaque Ridge Trail, heading S.
  21. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Indian Rock Trail, heading S.
  22. 200 ftTurn right, heading S.
  23. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  24. 250 ftContinue straight onto Pool Hollow Trail, heading SE.
  25. 0.2 miContinue straight onto South Ridge Trail, heading SE.
  26. 0.6 miBear left, heading S.
  27. 350 ftBear right, heading SW.
  28. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
  29. 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

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