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

  1. Start on Crossover Spur Trail, heading N.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right onto Crossover Trail, heading NE.
  3. 0.3 miBear right onto Crossover/Cupsaw Brook/Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading E.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Crossover Trail, heading E.
  5. 0.1 miBear left onto Alligator, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftSharp right onto Crossover Trail, heading S.
  7. 0.5 miTurn left onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading NE.
  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 right onto Skylands Trail, heading SE.
  11. 100 ftContinue straight onto Mountain Bike Loop/Race Trail, heading SE.
  12. 0.2 miContinue straight onto White's Road/Mountain Bike Loop/Race Trail, heading SW.
  13. 0.2 miReach Glasmere Ponds, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Mountain Bike Loop/Race Trail, heading N.
  15. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Skylands Trail, heading SW.
  16. 150 ftTurn left onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading W.
  17. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Old Morris Road, heading N.
  18. 300 ftContinue straight onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading W.
  19. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  20. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Crossover Trail, heading NW.
  21. 0.3 miSharp left onto Alligator, heading NE.
  22. 50 ftBear right onto Crossover Trail, heading NE.
  23. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Crossover/Cupsaw Brook/Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading N.
  24. 50 ftBear left onto Crossover Trail, heading W.
  25. 0.3 miTurn left onto Crossover Spur Trail, heading SW.
  26. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

26% dirt18% boardwalk56% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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