Ringwood State Park
Glasmere Ponds & Crossover Trail via Tennesee Gas Service Road
4.7 mi · ▲ 560 ft · 1 hr 51 min
Glasmere Ponds & Crossover Trail via Tennesee Gas Service Road is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Ringwood State Park near Skylands, NJ. The route reaches Glasmere Ponds at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It climbs 560 ft. It scores 62/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi430 – 833 ft5.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Crossover Spur Trail 41.13147, -74.24343
Nearest town Skylands, NJ
Directions
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Glasmere Ponds & Crossover Trail via Tennesee Gas Service Road
4.7 mi · ▲ 560 ft · 1 hr 51 min
Elevation 431–833 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
- Start on Crossover Spur Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Crossover Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Crossover/Cupsaw Brook/Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Crossover Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Alligator, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Crossover Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading NE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Old Morris Road, heading E.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Skylands Trail, heading SE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Mountain Bike Loop/Race Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto White's Road/Mountain Bike Loop/Race Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miReach Glasmere Ponds, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Mountain Bike Loop/Race Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Skylands Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading W.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Old Morris Road, heading N.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Crossover Trail, heading NW.
- 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 ftBear left onto Crossover Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Crossover Spur Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 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
26% dirt18% boardwalk56% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Crossover Spur Trail Trailhead
- Cups Trail & Serpentine Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 120 ft
- Crossover/Ringwood-Ramapo Trail via Crossover Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 205 ft
- Cooper Union Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 172 ft
- Ringwood State Park Beach–Crossover Trail, 5 sights 2.3 mi · ▲ 266 ft
- Tennesee Gas Service Road 2.5 mi · ▲ 385 ft
- Crossover Trail–Cupsaw Brook Trail, 4 sights 2.5 mi · ▲ 327 ft
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