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Ringwood State Park

Eagle Lake–Eagle Valley Rd Bypass Trail, 5 sights

4.9 mi · ▲ 585 ft · 1 hr 56 min

Eagle Lake–Eagle Valley Rd Bypass Trail, 5 sights is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Ringwood State Park near Skylands, NJ. The route reaches Eagle Lake. It climbs 585 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi420 – 679 ft · steepest grade: 19%5.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Crossover Spur Trail 41.13147, -74.24343
Nearest town Skylands, NJ
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Eagle Lake–Eagle Valley Rd Bypass Trail, 5 sights

4.9 mi · ▲ 585 ft · 1 hr 56 min

Elevation 421–679 ft

Out & Back · Ringwood State Park

Trailhead: Crossover Spur Trail · 41.13147, -74.24343

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Crossover Spur Trail, heading N.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right onto Crossover Trail, heading NE.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.4 miTurn right onto Cooper Union Trail, heading NE.
  5. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  6. 0.3 miContinue straight onto State Line Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.5 miPass Eagle Lake.
  8. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  9. 150 ftContinue straight onto Eagle Lake Trail, heading NW.
  10. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  11. 0.4 miReach Eagle Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 1.5 miBear right onto Cooper Union Trail, heading S.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading S.
  14. 0.4 miTurn right onto Crossover Trail, heading SE.
  15. 0.3 miTurn left onto Crossover Spur Trail, heading SW.
  16. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/eagle-lake-eagle-lake-out-back-6-sights-8-km

Trail surface

71% dirt11% boardwalk18% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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