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Ringwood State Park

Potake Pond–Crossover Trail, 3 sights

6.5 mi · ▲ 812 ft · 2 hr 34 min

Potake Pond–Crossover Trail, 3 sights is a 6.5-mile out-and-back in Ringwood State Park near Skylands, NJ. The route reaches Potake Pond. It climbs 812 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 64/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi430 – 824 ft · steepest grade: 18%6.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Crossover Spur Trail 41.13147, -74.24343
Nearest town Skylands, NJ
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Potake Pond–Crossover Trail, 3 sights

6.5 mi · ▲ 812 ft · 2 hr 34 min

Elevation 431–824 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 left onto Skylands Trail, heading SE.
  11. 50 ftBear right onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading SE.
  12. 0.1 miSharp left onto White's Road, heading E.
  13. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Cape Road/Mountain Bike Loop/Race Trail, heading NE.
  14. 350 ftPass Potake Pond.
  15. 0.2 miTurn left onto Cape Road, heading NE.
  16. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  17. 0.3 miReach Potake Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  19. 0.4 miTurn right onto Cape Road/Mountain Bike Loop/Race Trail, heading S.
  20. 0.3 miContinue straight onto White's Road, heading SW.
  21. 0.2 miSharp right onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading SW.
  22. 0.1 miBear left onto Skylands Trail, heading SW.
  23. 50 ftTurn right onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading SW.
  24. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Old Morris Road, heading N.
  25. 250 ftContinue straight onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading NW.
  26. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  27. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Crossover Trail, heading N.
  28. 0.3 miSharp left onto Alligator, heading NE.
  29. 50 ftBear right onto Crossover Trail, heading NE.
  30. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Crossover/Cupsaw Brook/Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading NW.
  31. 50 ftBear left onto Crossover Trail, heading NW.
  32. 0.3 miTurn left onto Crossover Spur Trail, heading W.
  33. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/potake-pond-crossover-trail-out-back-3-sights-10-km

Trail surface

15% dirt13% boardwalk72% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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