Ringwood State Park

Cape Road–Crossover Trail, 4 sights

6.5 mi · ▲ 1,427 ft · 2 hr 53 min

Cape Road–Crossover Trail, 4 sights is a 6.5-mile out-and-back in Ringwood State Park near Eagle Valley, NY. It climbs 1,427 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade. It scores 59/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi433 – 1,079 ft · steepest grade: 27%6.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: State Line Trail 41.14595, -74.24199
Nearest town Eagle Valley, NY

Directions

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Cape Road–Crossover Trail, 4 sights

6.5 mi · ▲ 1,427 ft · 2 hr 53 min

Elevation 432–1,079 ft

Out & Back · Ringwood State Park

Trailhead: State Line Trail · 41.14595, -74.24199

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.2 miBear right onto Cooper Union Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.4 miTurn left onto Crossover/Cupsaw Brook/Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading S.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Crossover Trail, heading SE.
  6. 0.1 miBear left onto Alligator, heading SE.
  7. 50 ftSharp right onto Crossover Trail, heading SE.
  8. 0.5 miTurn left onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading E.
  9. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Old Morris Road, heading E.
  10. 250 ftContinue straight onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading E.
  11. 0.4 miTurn left onto Skylands Trail, heading SE.
  12. 50 ftBear right onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading SE.
  13. 0.7 miTurn left onto Halifax Trail, heading S.
  14. 0.1 miSharp left onto Pierson Ridge Road, heading S.
  15. 250 ftBear right onto Cape Road, heading SE.
  16. 450 ftReach Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  17. 450 ftBear left onto Pierson Ridge Road, heading E.
  18. 250 ftSharp right onto Halifax Trail, heading E.
  19. 0.1 miTurn right onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading SW.
  20. 0.7 miBear left onto Skylands Trail, heading N.
  21. 50 ftTurn right onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading NW.
  22. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Old Morris Road, heading N.
  23. 250 ftContinue straight onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading NW.
  24. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  25. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Crossover Trail, heading N.
  26. 0.3 miSharp left onto Alligator, heading NE.
  27. 50 ftBear right onto Crossover Trail, heading NE.
  28. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Crossover/Cupsaw Brook/Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading N.
  29. 50 ftTurn right onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading N.
  30. 0.4 miTurn right onto Cooper Union Trail, heading N.
  31. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  32. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

20% dirt5% boardwalk75% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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