Ringwood State Park
Cape Road–Crossover Trail, 5 sights
7 mi · ▲ 1,491 ft · 3 hr 5 min
Cape Road–Crossover Trail, 5 sights is a 7-mile out-and-back in Ringwood State Park near Skylands, NJ. It climbs 1,491 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 55/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi358 – 1,079 ft · steepest grade: 20%7.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Crossover/Ringwood-Ramapo Trail 41.13795, -74.25305
Nearest town Skylands, NJ
Directions
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Cape Road–Crossover Trail, 5 sights
7 mi · ▲ 1,491 ft · 3 hr 5 min
Elevation 357–1,079 ft
Out & Back · Ringwood State Park
Trailhead: Crossover/Ringwood-Ramapo Trail · 41.13795, -74.25305
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:22 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Crossover/Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Crossover/Cupsaw Brook/Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Crossover Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Alligator, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Crossover Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading E.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Old Morris Road, heading E.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Skylands Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Halifax Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Pierson Ridge Road, heading E.
- 200 ftBear right onto Cape Road, heading SE.
- 450 ftReach Crossover/Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 450 ftBear left onto Pierson Ridge Road, heading E.
- 200 ftSharp right onto Halifax Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading SW.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Skylands Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading NW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Old Morris Road, heading N.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Crossover Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Alligator, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Crossover Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Crossover/Cupsaw Brook/Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Crossover/Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading W.
- 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
28% dirt4% boardwalk68% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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