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
- Start on State Line Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Cooper Union Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Crossover/Cupsaw Brook/Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Crossover Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Alligator, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Crossover Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading SE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Old Morris Road, heading E.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Skylands Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Black Birch Way, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Cape Road, heading NE.
- 400 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Woods Road, heading NE.
- 1.7 miTurn left onto Algonquin Gas Service Road, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Mountain Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Algonquin Gas Service Road, heading NE.
- 0.5 miReach State Line Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Mountain Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Algonquin Gas Service Road, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Woods Road, heading W.
- 1.4 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Cape Road, heading SW.
- 400 ftBear right onto Black Birch Way, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Skylands Trail, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading NW.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Old Morris Road, heading NW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Crossover Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Alligator, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Crossover Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Crossover/Cupsaw Brook/Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Cooper Union Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto State Line Trail, heading NW.
- 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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