1. Start on Ringwood-Ramapo/Shepherd Lake Trail/Mountain Bike Loop, heading SE.
2. 50 ftPass Shepherd Lake.
3. 50 ftPass Ringwood State Park Beach.
4. 0.2 miBear right onto Mountain Bike Loop/Race Trail, heading S.
5. 0.5 miSharp right onto Old Morris Road, heading SW.
6. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading NW.
7. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
8. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Crossover Trail, heading N.
9. 0.3 miSharp left onto Alligator, heading NW.
10. 50 ftBear right onto Crossover Trail, heading NW.
11. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Crossover/Cupsaw Brook/Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading W.
12. 50 ftBear left onto Cupsaw Brook Trail, heading W.
13. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Cooper Union Trail, heading SW.
14. 0.8 miBear left onto Cooper Union Bypass Trail, heading SW.
15. 150 ftBear left onto CU Bypass Trail, heading SW.
16. 250 ftBear right onto Cooper Union Bypass Trail, heading W.
17. 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
18. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
19. 100 ftTurn left onto Cooper Union Trail, heading SW.
20. 0.8 miPass Governor Mountain.
21. 350 ftBear left, heading SW.
22. 0.2 miPass Cooper Union Viewpoint.
23. 350 ftReach Governor Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
24. 100 ftBear right, heading S.
25. 1.1 miTurn right, heading N.
26. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
27. 150 ftBear left onto Cooper Union Bypass Trail, heading N.
28. 0.4 miBear left onto CU Bypass Trail, heading NE.
29. 250 ftBear right, heading NE.
30. 50 ftContinue straight onto Cooper Union Bypass Trail, heading NE.
31. 100 ftBear right onto Cooper Union Trail, heading NE.
32. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Cupsaw Brook Trail, heading NE.
33. 0.3 miBear right onto Crossover/Cupsaw Brook/Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading NW.
34. 50 ftContinue straight onto Crossover Trail, heading N.
35. 0.1 miBear left onto Alligator, heading NW.
36. 50 ftSharp right onto Crossover Trail, heading NE.
37. 0.5 miTurn left onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading E.
38. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Old Morris Road, heading S.
39. 0.1 miSharp left onto Mountain Bike Loop/Race Trail, heading S.
40. 0.5 miBear left onto Ringwood-Ramapo/Shepherd Lake Trail/Mountain Bike Loop, heading E.
41. 250 ftArrive 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-9-sights