Ringwood State Park

Weyble Pond–Gatun Pond, 4 sights

2 mi · ▲ 310 ft · 49 min

Weyble Pond–Gatun Pond, 4 sights is a 2-mile out-and-back in Ringwood State Park near Ringwood, NJ. The route passes Gatun Pond before reaching Weyble Pond at the turnaround, 0.9 miles in. It climbs 310 ft. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi528 – 863 ft2.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Ringwood-Ramapo Trail 41.10986, -74.24003
Nearest town Ringwood, NJ

Directions

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Weyble Pond–Gatun Pond, 4 sights

2 mi · ▲ 310 ft · 49 min

Elevation 529–862 ft

Out & Back · Ringwood State Park

Trailhead: Ringwood-Ramapo Trail · 41.10986, -74.24003

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

  1. Start on White's Road, heading SE.
  2. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  3. 400 ftTurn right onto Defiance Road, heading SW.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left onto Ice Pond Road, heading E.
  5. 150 ftPass Gatun Pond.
  6. 350 ftBear right onto Five Ponds Loop Trail, heading NE.
  7. 350 ftContinue straight onto Gatun Pond Road, heading E.
  8. 0.1 miTurn right onto Crossover Trail, heading NE.
  9. 150 ftContinue straight onto Five Ponds Loop Trail, heading E.
  10. 50 ftBear right onto Five Ponds Loop/Crossover Trail, heading S.
  11. 350 ftBear right onto Midwood Road/Mountain Bike Loop/Race Trail, heading NE.
  12. 500 ftTurn right onto Five Ponds Loop Trail/Mountain Bike Loop/Race Trail, heading NE.
  13. 150 ftReach Weyble Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 150 ftTurn left onto Midwood Road/Mountain Bike Loop/Race Trail, heading NE.
  15. 500 ftBear left onto Five Ponds Loop/Crossover Trail, heading E.
  16. 350 ftBear left onto Five Ponds Loop Trail, heading SW.
  17. 50 ftContinue straight onto Crossover Trail, heading SW.
  18. 150 ftTurn left onto Gatun Pond Road, heading S.
  19. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Five Ponds Loop Trail, heading W.
  20. 200 ftBear left, heading W.
  21. 350 ftContinue straight onto Ice Pond Road, heading NW.
  22. 200 ftTurn right onto Defiance Road, heading NW.
  23. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  24. 450 ftTurn left onto White's Road, heading N.
  25. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

48% dirt27% paved25% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:22 PM

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