Ringwood State Park

Bear Swamp Lake–Crossover Trail, 5 sights

9.2 mi · ▲ 1,168 ft · 3 hr 39 min

Bear Swamp Lake–Crossover Trail, 5 sights is a 9.2-mile out-and-back in Ringwood State Park near Skylands, NJ. The route reaches Bear Swamp Lake. It climbs 1,168 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi541 – 1,027 ft · steepest grade: 19%9.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Crossover Trail 41.13402, -74.23854
Nearest town Skylands, NJ

Directions

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Bear Swamp Lake–Crossover Trail, 5 sights

9.2 mi · ▲ 1,168 ft · 3 hr 39 min

Elevation 541–1,026 ft

Out & Back · Ringwood State Park

Trailhead: Crossover Trail · 41.13402, -74.23854

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:22 PM

  1. Start on Crossover Trail, heading SW.
  2. 0.3 miTurn left onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading E.
  3. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Old Morris Road, heading SE.
  4. 250 ftContinue straight onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading E.
  5. 0.4 miTurn left onto Skylands Trail, heading SE.
  6. 100 ftBear right onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading E.
  7. 1.1 miBear right onto Halifax Trail, heading SE.
  8. 0.7 miPass Bear Swamp Lake.
  9. 50 ftTurn right onto Hoeferlin Memorial Trail, heading S.
  10. 400 ftContinue straight onto Shore Trail, heading SW.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Hoeferlin Memorial Trail, heading SW.
  12. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Shore Trail, heading SW.
  13. 0.7 miTurn right onto Mountain Road, heading S.
  14. 0.7 miReach Bear Swamp Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.7 miTurn left onto Shore Trail, heading NE.
  16. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Hoeferlin Memorial Trail, heading N.
  17. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Shore Trail, heading NE.
  18. 50 ftContinue straight onto Hoeferlin Memorial Trail, heading NE.
  19. 450 ftTurn left onto Halifax Trail, heading N.
  20. 0.7 miBear left onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading NE.
  21. 1.1 miBear left onto Skylands Trail, heading N.
  22. 100 ftTurn right onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading N.
  23. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Old Morris Road, heading N.
  24. 250 ftContinue straight onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading N.
  25. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  26. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Crossover Trail, heading W.
  27. 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

35% dirt16% paved49% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

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