Ringwood State Park
Black Birch Way & Crossover Trail via Tennesee Gas Service Road
3.8 mi · ▲ 620 ft · 1 hr 35 min
Black Birch Way & Crossover Trail via Tennesee Gas Service Road is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Ringwood State Park near Skylands, NJ. It climbs 620 ft, with sections as steep as 33% grade. It scores 69/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi541 – 824 ft · steepest grade: 33%3.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Crossover Trail 41.13402, -74.23854
Nearest town Skylands, NJ
Directions
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Black Birch Way & Crossover Trail via Tennesee Gas Service Road
3.8 mi · ▲ 620 ft · 1 hr 35 min
Elevation 541–824 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.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Black Birch Way, heading S.
- 0.5 miReach Crossover Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Skylands Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading W.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Old Morris Road, heading W.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Crossover Trail, heading SW.
- 500 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
29% dirt71% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM
More from Crossover Trail Trailhead
- Tennesee Gas Service Road 2.3 mi · ▲ 440 ft
- Cups Trail–Cupsaw Brook Trail, 3 sights 2.7 mi · ▲ 223 ft
- Crossover/Ringwood-Ramapo Trail & Ringwood-Ramapo Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 514 ft
- Crossover Trail–Crossover/Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, 3 sights 2.9 mi · ▲ 516 ft
- Boulder Way North via Tennesee Gas Service Road 3.3 mi · ▲ 637 ft
- Tennesee Gas Service Road 5.1 mi · ▲ 986 ft
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