Ringwood State Park

Algonquin Gas Service Road–Black Birch Way, 5 sights

11.7 mi · ▲ 2,020 ft · 4 hr 55 min

Algonquin Gas Service Road–Black Birch Way, 5 sights is an 11.7-mile out-and-back in Ringwood State Park near Eagle Valley, NY. It climbs 2,020 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 62/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi420 – 974 ft · steepest grade: 15%12.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: State Line Trail 41.14637, -74.24244
Nearest town Eagle Valley, NY

Directions

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Algonquin Gas Service Road–Black Birch Way, 5 sights

11.7 mi · ▲ 2,020 ft · 4 hr 55 min

Elevation 421–976 ft

Out & Back · Ringwood State Park

Trailhead: State Line Trail · 41.14637, -74.24244

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on State Line Trail, heading SE.
  2. 0.3 miBear right onto Cooper Union Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.4 miTurn left onto Crossover/Cupsaw Brook/Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading S.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Crossover Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.1 miBear left onto Alligator, heading SE.
  7. 50 ftSharp right onto Crossover Trail, heading SE.
  8. 0.5 miTurn left onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading SE.
  9. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Old Morris Road, heading E.
  10. 250 ftContinue straight onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading E.
  11. 0.4 miTurn left onto Skylands Trail, heading SE.
  12. 50 ftBear right onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading SE.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left onto Black Birch Way, heading E.
  14. 0.5 miBear left onto Cape Road, heading NE.
  15. 400 ftBear right, heading E.
  16. 0.2 miBear right onto Woods Road, heading NE.
  17. 1.7 miTurn left onto Algonquin Gas Service Road, heading NE.
  18. 0.3 miBear right onto Mountain Road, heading NE.
  19. 50 ftTurn left onto Algonquin Gas Service Road, heading NE.
  20. 0.5 miReach State Line Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  21. 0.5 miTurn right onto Mountain Road, heading SW.
  22. 50 ftBear left onto Algonquin Gas Service Road, heading SW.
  23. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  24. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Woods Road, heading W.
  25. 1.4 miBear left, heading N.
  26. 0.2 miBear left onto Cape Road, heading SW.
  27. 400 ftBear right onto Black Birch Way, heading NW.
  28. 0.5 miTurn right onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading W.
  29. 0.2 miBear left onto Skylands Trail, heading NW.
  30. 100 ftTurn right onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading NW.
  31. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Old Morris Road, heading NW.
  32. 250 ftContinue straight onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading NW.
  33. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  34. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Crossover Trail, heading W.
  35. 0.3 miSharp left onto Alligator, heading W.
  36. 50 ftBear right onto Crossover Trail, heading N.
  37. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Crossover/Cupsaw Brook/Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading NE.
  38. 50 ftTurn right onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading NE.
  39. 0.4 miTurn right onto Cooper Union Trail, heading W.
  40. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  41. 0.2 miContinue straight onto State Line Trail, heading NW.
  42. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

36% dirt3% boardwalk61% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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