1. Start on Five Ponds Loop Trail, heading NE.
2. 250 ftSharp right, heading E.
3. 100 ftTurn left onto Cabin Trail, heading NE.
4. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Defiance Road/Crossover Trail, heading N.
5. 50 ftPass Swan Pond.
6. 0.1 miPass The Bog.
7. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
8. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
9. 50 ftTurn left onto Swan Pond Road/Crossover/Five Ponds Loop Trail, heading N.
10. 100 ftBear left onto Swan Pond Road/Crossover Trail, heading N.
11. 250 ftContinue straight onto Arbor Trail, heading N.
12. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Old Morris Road, heading NW.
13. 0.1 miBear right onto Crossover Trail, heading NW.
14. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
15. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Shepard Pond Trail, heading SW.
16. 0.2 miPass Ringwood State Park Beach.
17. 50 ftBear right onto Alligator, heading NE.
18. 50 ftBear right onto Shepard Pond Trail, heading NE.
19. 150 ftBear right onto Ringwood-Ramapo Trail, heading NE.
20. 0.5 miReach Swan Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
21. 0.5 miBear left onto Shepard Pond Trail, heading S.
22. 150 ftBear left onto Alligator, heading S.
23. 50 ftBear left onto Shepard Pond Trail, heading S.
24. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Crossover Trail, heading SW.
25. 0.3 miTurn right onto Tennesee Gas Service Road, heading S.
26. 0.3 miBear left onto Crossover Trail, heading NE.
27. 50 ftBear left onto Old Morris Road, heading NE.
28. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Arbor Trail, heading SW.
29. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Swan Pond Road/Crossover Trail, heading SE.
30. 250 ftBear right onto Swan Pond Road/Crossover/Five Ponds Loop Trail, heading SE.
31. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
32. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
33. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
34. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Defiance Road/Crossover Trail, heading SE.
35. 50 ftContinue straight onto Cabin Trail, heading SE.
36. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
37. 50 ftSharp left onto Five Ponds Loop Trail, heading SW.
38. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/swan-pond-the-bog-out-back-10-sights