Zen Lake via Bayonet Farms Trail
2.8 mi · ▲ 110 ft · 59 min
Zen Lake via Bayonet Farms Trail is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Holmdel Park Ramanessin near Crawford Corners, NJ. The route reaches Zen Lake at the turnaround, 1.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 110 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Zen Lake via Bayonet Farms Trail
2.8 mi · ▲ 110 ft · 59 min
Elevation 74–200 ft
Out & Back · Holmdel Park Ramanessin
Trailhead: 40.36528, -74.18466
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 80°F / low 69° · precip 3% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:24 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Steeplechase Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Ramanessin Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Bell Works-Bayonet Farm Access Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 450 ftReach Zen Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Bayonet Farms Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Ramanessin Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Steeplechase Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Ramanessin Trail 2 mi · ▲ 216 ft
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