1. Start on East Cottage Road/Crossover Trail, heading SE.
2. 350 ftTurn left onto Swan Pond Road/Crossover Trail, heading SE.
3. 50 ftPass The Bog.
4. 450 ftBear right onto Arbor Trail, heading SE.
5. 150 ftContinue straight onto Swan Pond Road/Crossover Trail, heading S.
6. 250 ftBear right onto Swan Pond Road/Crossover/Five Ponds Loop Trail, heading S.
7. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
8. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
9. 400 ftPass Swan Pond.
10. 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
11. 50 ftReach Ringwood-Ramapo Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
12. 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
13. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Defiance Road/Crossover Trail, heading S.
14. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Defiance Road/Crossover/Five Ponds Loop Trail, heading S.
15. 450 ftSharp left onto The Knob, heading SW.
16. 0.3 miBear right onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading NE.
17. 0.2 miPass Ringwood-Ramapo Viewpoint.
18. 100 ftBear right onto Skylands Trail, heading NE.
19. 450 ftBear left onto Five Ponds Loop Trail, heading NE.
20. 150 ftPass Five Ponds Viewpoint.
21. 100 ftTurn right onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading NE.
22. 0.5 miTurn left onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading E.
23. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Old Morris Road, heading W.
24. 0.4 miTurn left onto Crossover Trail, heading SW.
25. 150 ftSharp left onto East Cottage Road/Crossover Trail, heading SW.
26. 50 ftThe loop closes 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/ringwood-ramapo-viewpoint-five-ponds-viewpoint-loop-9-sights