Pool Hollow Viewpoint–Ramapo Lake, 5 sights is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Ramapo Mountain State Forest near Oakland, NJ. The route passes Pool Hollow Viewpoint and Ramapo Lake before reaching South Shore Drive/Ramapo Lake Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It climbs 442 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi236 – 617 ft · steepest grade: 19%4.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Pool Hollow Trailhead 41.01887, -74.26758
Nearest town Oakland, NJ
Directions
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Pool Hollow Viewpoint–Ramapo Lake, 5 sights
4.2 mi · ▲ 442 ft · 1 hr 37 min
Elevation 236–616 ft
Out & Back · Ramapo Mountain State Forest
Trailhead: Pool Hollow Trailhead · 41.01887, -74.26758
Weather Sep 7: Overcast, high 76°F / low 55° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Pool Hollow Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto South Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Pool Hollow Bypass, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto South Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Pool Hollow Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miPass Pool Hollow Viewpoint.
- 350 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto LeGrande-Lake Connector Trail, heading E.
- 500 ftPass Ramapo Lake.
- 150 ftTurn right onto South Shore Drive/Ramapo Lake Loop Trail, heading N.
- 0.8 miPass South Shore Drive/Ramapo Lake Viewpoint.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Ramapo Lake Spur/Castle Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 200 ftSharp left onto Castle Loop Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 50 ftReach Pool Hollow Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Ramapo Lake Spur/Castle Loop Trail, heading E.
- 200 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto South Shore Drive/Ramapo Lake Loop Trail, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto LeGrande-Lake Connector Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Pool Hollow Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto South Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Pool Hollow Bypass, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto South Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Pool Hollow Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
91% dirt3% paved6% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 76°F55°
Precip0%Wind5 mphUV6Humidity74%
Rained 0.4″ 4 days ago (0.7″ over the last week)
Hourly temperature
80°55°
Sunrise 6:30 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:22 PM
Tue
79°58°
Wed
84°61°
Thu
79°66°
30%
Fri
75°56°
22%
Sat
79°55°
Sun
83°58°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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