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Pool Hollow Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Ramapo Mountain State Forest near Oakland, NJ. It is mostly level, with 223 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi289 – 495 ft2.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.01679, -74.27214
Nearest town Oakland, NJ

Directions

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Pool Hollow Trail

2 mi · ▲ 223 ft · 47 min

Elevation 290–497 ft

Out & Back · Ramapo Mountain State Forest

Trailhead: 41.01679, -74.27214

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:22 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.1 miBear left onto Pool Hollow Lake Loop, heading NE.
  3. 450 ftBear left onto Pool Hollow Trail, heading N.
  4. 450 ftBear left onto South Ridge Trail, heading NW.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Pool Hollow Bypass, heading NW.
  6. 0.2 miTurn right onto South Ridge Trail, heading NW.
  7. 150 ftContinue straight onto Pool Hollow Trail, heading NW.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left onto Indian Rock Trail, heading N.
  10. 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  11. 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  13. 200 ftContinue straight onto Pool Hollow Trail, heading E.
  14. 0.2 miContinue straight onto South Ridge Trail, heading SE.
  15. 150 ftTurn left onto Pool Hollow Bypass, heading S.
  16. 0.2 miContinue straight onto South Ridge Trail, heading E.
  17. 50 ftBear right onto Pool Hollow Trail, heading SE.
  18. 450 ftBear right onto Pool Hollow Lake Loop, heading S.
  19. 450 ftBear right, heading S.
  20. 150 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

96% dirt4% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:31 AMSunset 7:22 PM

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