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

  1. Start on Crossover/Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading SE.
  2. 0.4 miBear left onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.7 miTurn left onto Crossover/Cupsaw Brook/Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading S.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Crossover Trail, heading SE.
  5. 0.1 miBear left onto Alligator, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftSharp right onto Crossover Trail, heading SE.
  7. 0.5 miTurn left onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading E.
  8. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Old Morris Road, heading E.
  9. 250 ftContinue straight onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading E.
  10. 0.4 miTurn left onto Skylands Trail, heading SE.
  11. 50 ftBear right onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading SE.
  12. 0.7 miTurn left onto Halifax Trail, heading S.
  13. 0.1 miSharp left onto Pierson Ridge Road, heading E.
  14. 200 ftBear right onto Cape Road, heading SE.
  15. 450 ftReach Crossover/Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 450 ftBear left onto Pierson Ridge Road, heading E.
  17. 200 ftSharp right onto Halifax Trail, heading E.
  18. 0.1 miTurn right onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading SW.
  19. 0.7 miBear left onto Skylands Trail, heading N.
  20. 100 ftTurn right onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading NW.
  21. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Old Morris Road, heading N.
  22. 250 ftContinue straight onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading W.
  23. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  24. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Crossover Trail, heading N.
  25. 0.3 miSharp left onto Alligator, heading NE.
  26. 50 ftBear right onto Crossover Trail, heading NE.
  27. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Crossover/Cupsaw Brook/Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading N.
  28. 50 ftTurn right onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading N.
  29. 0.7 miBear right onto Crossover/Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading W.
  30. 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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