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Ringwood State Park

Five Ponds Viewpoint–Glasmere Ponds, 5 sights

4.5 mi · ▲ 1,048 ft · 2 hr 1 min

Five Ponds Viewpoint–Glasmere Ponds, 5 sights is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Ringwood State Park near Skylands, NJ. The route passes The Bog, Five Ponds Viewpoint and Glasmere Ponds. It climbs 1,048 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi633 – 1,027 ft · steepest grade: 21%4.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.12373, -74.23564
Nearest town Skylands, NJ
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Five Ponds Viewpoint–Glasmere Ponds, 5 sights

4.5 mi · ▲ 1,048 ft · 2 hr 1 min

Elevation 634–1,026 ft

Out & Back · Ringwood State Park

Trailhead: 41.12373, -74.23564

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

Toilets at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftPass The Bog.
  3. 500 ftTurn left onto Swan Pond Road/Crossover/Five Ponds Loop Trail, heading NE.
  4. 50 ftSharp right onto Five Ponds Loop Trail, heading NE.
  5. 0.5 miPass Five Ponds Viewpoint.
  6. 350 ftBear right onto Skylands Trail, heading SE.
  7. 50 ftSharp left onto Five Ponds Loop Trail, heading S.
  8. 0.3 miPass Glasmere Ponds.
  9. 100 ftTurn right onto Midwood Road/Five Ponds Loop Trail/Mountain Bike Loop/Race Trail, heading E.
  10. 300 ftBear left onto Five Ponds Loop Trail, heading SE.
  11. 0.3 miSharp right onto Weyble Pond Road/Mountain Bike Loop/Race Trail, heading E.
  12. 50 ftBear left onto Halifax Trail, heading E.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading SE.
  14. 0.8 miReach Five Ponds Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.8 miTurn left onto Halifax Trail, heading NW.
  16. 0.2 miBear right onto Weyble Pond Road/Mountain Bike Loop/Race Trail, heading W.
  17. 50 ftSharp left onto Five Ponds Loop Trail, heading W.
  18. 0.3 miBear right onto Midwood Road/Five Ponds Loop Trail/Mountain Bike Loop/Race Trail, heading SW.
  19. 300 ftTurn left onto Five Ponds Loop Trail, heading SW.
  20. 0.3 miSharp right onto Skylands Trail, heading NW.
  21. 50 ftBear left onto Five Ponds Loop Trail, heading NW.
  22. 0.5 miSharp left onto Swan Pond Road/Crossover/Five Ponds Loop Trail, heading S.
  23. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  24. 350 ftArrive 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-glasmere-ponds-out-back-6-sights

Trail surface

60% dirt40% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

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  • Toilets at the trailhead

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