AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Rock Ridge Lake–Diamond Spring Pond, 3 lakes

1.9 mi · ▲ 111 ft · 41 min

Rock Ridge Lake–Diamond Spring Pond, 3 lakes is a 1.9-mile out-and-back near Lake Arrowhead, NJ. The route passes Diamond Spring Pond before reaching Rock Ridge Lake at the turnaround, 1.1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 111 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi505 – 548 ft2.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Blue Trail 40.90356, -74.46658
Nearest town Lake Arrowhead, NJ
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Rock Ridge Lake–Diamond Spring Pond, 3 lakes

1.9 mi · ▲ 111 ft · 41 min

Elevation 505–549 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Blue Trail · 40.90356, -74.46658

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:26 PM

  1. Start on Blue Trail, heading W.
  2. 50 ftPass Diamond Spring Pond.
  3. 0.3 miBear right onto Red Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Orange Trail, heading E.
  6. 500 ftBear left onto Blue Trail, heading SE.
  7. 0.1 miReach Rock Ridge Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  9. 300 ftBear right, heading NE.
  10. 150 ftBear left onto Orange Trail, heading NE.
  11. 50 ftPass Rock Ridge Lake.
  12. 250 ftBear right, heading N.
  13. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  14. 150 ftContinue straight onto Red Trail, heading NW.
  15. 0.2 miBear right onto Red Dot Trail, heading SW.
  16. 100 ftTurn left onto Red Trail, heading SW.
  17. 0.3 miTurn right onto Blue Trail, heading S.
  18. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/rock-ridge-lake-out-back

Trail surface

99% dirt1% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:26 PM

Hikes near Lake Arrowhead, New Jersey