Ringwood State Park

Eagle Lake–Algonquin Gas Service Road, 7 sights

12.8 mi · ▲ 2,057 ft · 5 hr 18 min

Eagle Lake–Algonquin Gas Service Road, 7 sights is a 12.8-mile out-and-back in Ringwood State Park near Hillburn, NY. The route reaches Eagle Lake at the turnaround, 6.3 miles in. It climbs 2,057 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 57/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi420 – 974 ft · steepest grade: 19%13.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Algonquin Gas Service Road 41.12689, -74.18335
Nearest town Hillburn, NY

Directions

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Eagle Lake–Algonquin Gas Service Road, 7 sights

12.8 mi · ▲ 2,057 ft · 5 hr 18 min

Elevation 421–976 ft

Out & Back · Ringwood State Park

Trailhead: Algonquin Gas Service Road · 41.12689, -74.18335

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:21 PM

  1. Start on Algonquin Gas Service Road, heading NW.
  2. 0.5 miTurn right onto Mountain Road, heading W.
  3. 50 ftBear left onto Algonquin Gas Service Road, heading SW.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  5. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Woods Road, heading SW.
  6. 1.4 miBear left, heading NW.
  7. 0.2 miBear left onto Cape Road, heading SW.
  8. 350 ftBear right onto Black Birch Way, heading SW.
  9. 0.5 miTurn right onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading NW.
  10. 0.2 miBear left onto Skylands Trail, heading W.
  11. 50 ftTurn right onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading W.
  12. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Old Morris Road, heading W.
  13. 250 ftContinue straight onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading W.
  14. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  15. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Crossover Trail, heading N.
  16. 0.3 miSharp left onto Alligator, heading NW.
  17. 50 ftBear right onto Crossover Trail, heading NE.
  18. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Crossover/Cupsaw Brook/Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading NE.
  19. 50 ftTurn right onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading NE.
  20. 0.4 miTurn right onto Cooper Union Trail, heading N.
  21. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  22. 0.3 miContinue straight onto State Line Trail, heading NE.
  23. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Old Eagle Valley Road, heading NE.
  24. 400 ftReach Eagle Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  25. 450 ftContinue straight onto Eagle Lake Trail, heading E.
  26. 0.8 miBear right onto Cooper Union Trail, heading SE.
  27. 0.2 miTurn left onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading SW.
  28. 0.4 miTurn left onto Crossover/Cupsaw Brook/Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading S.
  29. 50 ftContinue straight onto Crossover Trail, heading SE.
  30. 0.1 miBear left onto Alligator, heading SE.
  31. 50 ftSharp right onto Crossover Trail, heading SE.
  32. 0.5 miTurn left onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading SW.
  33. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Old Morris Road, heading E.
  34. 250 ftContinue straight onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading E.
  35. 0.4 miTurn left onto Skylands Trail, heading SE.
  36. 50 ftBear right onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading SE.
  37. 0.2 miTurn left onto Black Birch Way, heading S.
  38. 0.5 miBear left onto Cape Road, heading SE.
  39. 350 ftBear right, heading E.
  40. 0.2 miBear right onto Woods Road, heading NE.
  41. 1.7 miTurn left onto Algonquin Gas Service Road, heading E.
  42. 0.3 miBear right onto Mountain Road, heading N.
  43. 50 ftTurn left onto Algonquin Gas Service Road, heading N.
  44. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

41% dirt2% boardwalk57% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:21 PM

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