Ramapo Mountain State Forest

Bear Swamp Road–Halifax Trail, 3 sights

6.6 mi · ▲ 712 ft · 2 hr 33 min

Bear Swamp Road–Halifax Trail, 3 sights is a 6.6-mile out-and-back in Ramapo Mountain State Forest near Hillburn, NY. It climbs 712 ft. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi591 – 1,011 ft6.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Mountain Road 41.12096, -74.18986
Nearest town Hillburn, NY

Directions

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Bear Swamp Road–Halifax Trail, 3 sights

6.6 mi · ▲ 712 ft · 2 hr 33 min

Elevation 590–1,012 ft

Out & Back · Ramapo Mountain State Forest

Trailhead: Mountain Road · 41.12096, -74.18986

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

  1. Start on Mountain Road, heading NW.
  2. 0.3 miBear left onto Algonquin Gas Service Road, heading SW.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  4. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Woods Road, heading SW.
  5. 1.4 miBear left, heading NW.
  6. 0.2 miBear left onto Cape Road, heading SW.
  7. 0.7 miBear left onto Bear Swamp Road, heading S.
  8. 150 ftContinue straight onto Halifax Trail, heading SE.
  9. 200 ftContinue straight onto Bear Swamp Road, heading SE.
  10. 0.1 miBear right onto Halifax Trail, heading S.
  11. 250 ftContinue straight onto Bear Swamp Road, heading SE.
  12. 0.1 miTurn right onto Halifax Trail, heading S.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bear Swamp Road/Halifax Trail, heading S.
  14. 100 ftTurn left onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading S.
  15. 0.8 miTurn left onto Halifax Trail, heading SE.
  16. 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  17. 0.2 miTurn right onto Woods Road, heading N.
  18. 0.9 miBear left onto Algonquin Gas Service Road, heading SE.
  19. 0.8 miBear right onto Mountain Road, heading NE.
  20. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

41% dirt59% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

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