1. Start on Mountain Road, heading NW.
2. 0.3 miBear left onto Algonquin Gas Service Road, heading SW.
3. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
4. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Woods Road, heading SW.
5. 1.4 miBear left, heading NW.
6. 0.2 miBear left onto Cape Road, heading SW.
7. 350 ftBear right onto Black Birch Way, heading S.
8. 0.5 miTurn right onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading W.
9. 0.2 miBear left onto Skylands Trail, heading W.
10. 50 ftTurn right onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading W.
11. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Old Morris Road, heading W.
12. 250 ftContinue straight onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading W.
13. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
14. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Crossover Trail, heading SW.
15. 500 ftContinue straight onto Shepard Pond Trail, heading N.
16. 0.2 miBear right onto Alligator, heading NE.
17. 100 ftBear right onto Shepard Pond Trail, heading NE.
18. 150 ftBear right onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading N.
19. 100 ftReach Ringwood State Park Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
20. 50 ftBear left onto Shepard Pond Trail, heading NE.
21. 150 ftBear left onto Alligator, heading NE.
22. 50 ftBear left onto Shepard Pond Trail, heading N.
23. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Crossover Trail, heading S.
24. 0.3 miTurn left onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading S.
25. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Old Morris Road, heading E.
26. 250 ftContinue straight onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading E.
27. 0.4 miTurn left onto Skylands Trail, heading E.
28. 100 ftBear right onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading E.
29. 0.2 miTurn left onto Black Birch Way, heading SE.
30. 0.5 miBear left onto Cape Road, heading E.
31. 400 ftBear right, heading E.
32. 0.2 miBear right onto Woods Road, heading N.
33. 1.7 miTurn left onto Algonquin Gas Service Road, heading NE.
34. 0.3 miBear right onto Mountain Road, heading NE.
35. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/ringwood-state-park-beach-black-birch-way-out-back-5-sights