Pool Hollow Viewpoint–Ramapo Lake, 6 sights is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in Ramapo Mountain State Forest near Oakland, NJ. The route passes Ramapo Lake, South Shore Drive/Ramapo Lake Viewpoint and Pool Hollow Viewpoint. It climbs 663 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi236 – 617 ft · steepest grade: 20%5.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Ramapo Lake Spur Trail 41.03233, -74.25211
Nearest town Oakland, NJ
Directions
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Pool Hollow Viewpoint–Ramapo Lake, 6 sights
5.1 mi · ▲ 663 ft · 2 hr 2 min
Elevation 236–616 ft
Out & Back · Ramapo Mountain State Forest
Trailhead: Ramapo Lake Spur Trail · 41.03233, -74.25211
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:43 AM · sunset 6:59 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Ramapo Lake Spur Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Ramapo Lake Spur/Castle Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Ramapo Lake.
- 150 ftBear left, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left onto South Shore Drive/Ramapo Lake Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 450 ftPass South Shore Drive/Ramapo Lake Viewpoint.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto LeGrande-Lake Connector Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Pool Hollow Trail, heading SE.
- 200 ftPass Pool Hollow Viewpoint.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto South Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Pool Hollow Bypass, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto South Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Pool Hollow Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miReach Pool Hollow Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear left onto South Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Pool Hollow Bypass, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto South Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Pool Hollow Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left onto LeGrande-Lake Connector Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto South Shore Drive/Ramapo Lake Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Ramapo Lake Spur/Castle Loop Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Ramapo Lake Spur Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 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
93% dirt3% paved4% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:43 AMSunset 6:59 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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