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 miTurn right onto Mountain Bike Loop/Race Trail, heading W.
10. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading NW.
11. 0.3 miBear left onto Ringwood-Ramapo/Shepherd Lake Trail, heading N.
12. 0.1 miPass Ringwood State Park Beach.
13. 200 ftReach Shepherd Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
14. 0.2 miBear right onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading S.
15. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Mountain Bike Loop/Race Trail, heading SW.
16. 0.1 miTurn left onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading S.
17. 0.2 miTurn left onto Black Birch Way, heading SE.
18. 0.5 miBear left onto Cape Road, heading NE.
19. 400 ftBear right, heading NE.
20. 0.2 miBear right onto Woods Road, heading NE.
21. 1.7 miTurn left onto Algonquin Gas Service Road, heading N.
22. 0.3 miBear right onto Mountain Road, heading NE.
23. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/shepherd-lake-ringwood-state-park-beach-out-back-3-beaches-13-km