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
- Start on Crossover Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading E.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Old Morris Road, heading SE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Skylands Trail, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear right onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading E.
- 1.1 miBear right onto Halifax Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miPass Bear Swamp Lake.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Hoeferlin Memorial Trail, heading S.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Shore Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Hoeferlin Memorial Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Shore Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Mountain Road, heading S.
- 0.7 miReach Bear Swamp Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Shore Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Hoeferlin Memorial Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Shore Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Hoeferlin Memorial Trail, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Halifax Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading NE.
- 1.1 miBear left onto Skylands Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading N.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Old Morris Road, heading N.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Crossover Trail, heading W.
- 250 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
35% dirt16% paved49% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM
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