Ramapo Valley County Reservation

Halifax Trail–Tenessee Gas Service Road, 4 sights

9.8 mi · ▲ 1,794 ft · 4 hr 10 min

Halifax Trail–Tenessee Gas Service Road, 4 sights is a 9.8-mile out-and-back in Ramapo Valley County Reservation near Skylands, NJ. It climbs 1,794 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade. It scores 67/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi351 – 1,027 ft · steepest grade: 26%10.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Crossover Trail 41.13253, -74.23982
Nearest town Skylands, NJ

Directions

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Halifax Trail–Tenessee Gas Service Road, 4 sights

9.8 mi · ▲ 1,794 ft · 4 hr 10 min

Elevation 351–1,026 ft

Out & Back · Ramapo Valley County Reservation

Trailhead: Crossover Trail · 41.13253, -74.23982

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

  1. Start on Crossover Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading E.
  3. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Old Morris Road, heading E.
  4. 250 ftContinue straight onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading E.
  5. 0.4 miTurn left onto Skylands Trail, heading E.
  6. 50 ftBear right onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading E.
  7. 1.9 miTurn left onto Halifax Trail, heading SE.
  8. 0.4 miTurn right onto White Trail, heading SE.
  9. 0.6 miBear right onto Havemeyer / White Trail, heading SE.
  10. 450 ftContinue straight onto White Trail, heading SE.
  11. 0.3 miBear left onto Tenessee Gas Service Road, heading S.
  12. 0.6 miReach Halifax Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.6 miBear right onto White Trail, heading W.
  14. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Havemeyer / White Trail, heading N.
  15. 450 ftBear left onto White Trail, heading N.
  16. 0.6 miTurn left onto Halifax Trail, heading NE.
  17. 0.4 miTurn right onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading NW.
  18. 1.9 miBear left onto Skylands Trail, heading NW.
  19. 100 ftTurn right onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading NW.
  20. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Old Morris Road, heading NW.
  21. 250 ftContinue straight onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading W.
  22. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  23. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

29% dirt71% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

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