Stephens Lake–Algonquin Gas Transmission Service Road, 4 sights is a 6-mile out-and-back in Ramapo Mountain State Forest near Oakland, NJ. The route reaches Stephens Lake at the turnaround, 3 miles in. It climbs 798 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 39/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi240 – 715 ft · steepest grade: 16%6.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Pool Hollow Trailhead 41.01887, -74.26758
Nearest town Oakland, NJ
Directions
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Stephens Lake–Algonquin Gas Transmission Service Road, 4 sights
6 mi · ▲ 798 ft · 2 hr 24 min
Elevation 240–714 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 at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Pool Hollow Bypass, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear right onto Pool Hollow Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 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.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Indian Rock Trail, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Algonquin Gas Transmission Service Road, heading NW.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Algonquin Gas Transmission Service Road/Wanaque Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Wanaque Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miReach Stephens Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Algonquin Gas Transmission Service Road/Wanaque Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Algonquin Gas Transmission Service Road, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Indian Rock Trail, heading SW.
- 400 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Pool Hollow Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto South Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Pool Hollow Bypass, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto South Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Pool Hollow Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Pool Hollow Bypass, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 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
79% dirt1% paved20% 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
More from Pool Hollow Trailhead Trailhead
- South Ridge Trail 2 mi · ▲ 446 ft
- LeGrande Viewpoint–Pool Hollow Viewpoint, 4 sights 2.8 mi · ▲ 773 ft
- Algonquin Gas Transmission Service Road & Pool Hollow Trail 3 mi · ▲ 505 ft
- Indian Rock Trail & Pool Hollow Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 548 ft
- Pete's Path & Pool Hollow Trail via Algonquin Gas Transmission Service Road 3.9 mi · ▲ 584 ft
- Wanaque Ridge Viewpoint–Pool Hollow Trail, 3 sights 4.1 mi · ▲ 632 ft
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