Ringwood State Park
Blue Lake & Sandy Beach Lake via Beech Road
8.5 mi · ▲ 1,179 ft · 3 hr 25 min
Blue Lake & Sandy Beach Lake via Beech Road is an 8.5-mile out-and-back in Ringwood State Park near Skylands, NJ. The route passes Blue Lake and Sandy Beach Lake. It climbs 1,179 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade. It scores 53/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi417 – 814 ft · steepest grade: 26%8.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Manor Road 41.14549, -74.24702
Nearest town Skylands, NJ
Directions
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Blue Lake & Sandy Beach Lake via Beech Road
8.5 mi · ▲ 1,179 ft · 3 hr 25 min
Elevation 416–815 ft
Out & Back · Ringwood State Park
Trailhead: Manor Road · 41.14549, -74.24702
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Manor Road, heading NE.
- 1.1 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.5 miPass Blue Lake.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach Blue Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miPass Sandy Beach Lake.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Beech Road, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Hasenclever Iron Trail, heading SE.
- 1.7 miSharp left onto Manor Trail, heading S.
- 0.8 miSharp left onto Hewitt Connector Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Manor Road, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Manor Road Trailhead
- Hewitt Connector Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 691 ft
- Hewitt Connector Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 776 ft
- Hewitt Connector Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 777 ft
- Hasenclever Iron Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 720 ft
- Hasenclever Iron Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 745 ft
- Manor Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 777 ft
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