Ramapo Valley County Reservation

Ringwood State Park Beach–Crossover Trail, 7 sights

10.5 mi · ▲ 1,843 ft · 4 hr 25 min

Ringwood State Park Beach–Crossover Trail, 7 sights is a 10.5-mile out-and-back in Ramapo Valley County Reservation near Skylands, NJ. The route reaches Ringwood State Park Beach. It climbs 1,843 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade. It scores 67/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi351 – 1,027 ft · steepest grade: 29%10.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Shepard Pond Trail 41.13672, -74.23517
Nearest town Skylands, NJ

Directions

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Ringwood State Park Beach–Crossover Trail, 7 sights

10.5 mi · ▲ 1,843 ft · 4 hr 25 min

Elevation 351–1,026 ft

Out & Back · Ramapo Valley County Reservation

Trailhead: Shepard Pond Trail · 41.13672, -74.23517

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

  1. Start on Alligator, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftPass Ringwood State Park Beach.
  3. 50 ftBear left onto Shepard Pond Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Crossover Trail, heading SW.
  5. 0.3 miTurn left onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading SE.
  6. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Old Morris Road, heading E.
  7. 250 ftContinue straight onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading E.
  8. 0.4 miTurn left onto Skylands Trail, heading SE.
  9. 50 ftBear right onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading SE.
  10. 1.9 miTurn left onto Halifax Trail, heading SE.
  11. 0.4 miTurn right onto White Trail, heading S.
  12. 0.6 miBear right onto Havemeyer / White Trail, heading SE.
  13. 450 ftContinue straight onto White Trail, heading SE.
  14. 0.3 miBear left onto Tenessee Gas Service Road, heading SE.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto White Trail, heading S.
  16. 50 ftBear left onto Tenessee Gas Service Road, heading S.
  17. 0.6 miReach Ringwood State Park Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 0.6 miBear right onto White Trail, heading W.
  19. 50 ftContinue straight onto Tenessee Gas Service Road, heading W.
  20. 50 ftBear right onto White Trail, heading W.
  21. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Havemeyer / White Trail, heading NW.
  22. 500 ftBear left onto White Trail, heading N.
  23. 0.6 miTurn left onto Halifax Trail, heading N.
  24. 0.4 miTurn right onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading NW.
  25. 1.9 miBear left onto Skylands Trail, heading N.
  26. 50 ftTurn right onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading N.
  27. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Old Morris Road, heading NW.
  28. 250 ftContinue straight onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading N.
  29. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  30. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Crossover Trail, heading W.
  31. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Shepard Pond Trail, heading SW.
  32. 0.2 miBear right onto Alligator, heading NE.
  33. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

27% dirt73% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

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