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

  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. 0.2 miTurn left onto Black Birch Way, heading S.
  8. 0.5 miReach Crossover Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.5 miTurn right onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading W.
  10. 0.2 miBear left onto Skylands Trail, heading W.
  11. 50 ftTurn right onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading W.
  12. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Old Morris Road, heading W.
  13. 250 ftContinue straight onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading W.
  14. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  15. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Crossover Trail, heading SW.
  16. 500 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

29% dirt71% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

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