New Jersey trails · Crossover Trail
Crossover Trail
A 6.5-mile out-and-back in New Jersey, with 671 ft of climbing. Reaches Weyble Pond and other lake/viewpoint destinations. Managed by the state.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It gives back about 439 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Weyble Pond (lake)
- Swan Pond (lake)
- Gatun Pool (lake)
- Adler Pool (lake)
- Ilgenstein Rock (viewpoint)
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Getting there
Crossover access — parking nearby. About 36 min drive (22 mi) from Paterson. 41.12693, -74.23755 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:39 a.m., the sun rises at 7:07 a.m. and sets at 6:18 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:45 p.m. (EDT) — 11 h 11 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 13.0-mile round trip takes roughly 5 h 30 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 12:36 p.m. — 5 h 41 min before sunset.
Loop options
- Cannonball Trail + Crossover Trail + Hoeferlin Memorial Trail — 2.6 mi loop, 530 ft gain
- Crossover Trail + Hoeferlin Memorial Trail + Connector - Hoeferlin Memorial Trail, Cannonball Trail — 3.0 mi loop, 500 ft gain
- Halifax Trail + Mountain Bike Trail + Crossover Trail — 2.9 mi loop, 441 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Ringwood-Ramapo Trail — 0.6 mi
- Halifax Trail — 1.2 mi
- Halifax — 2.5 mi
- Vista Loop — 3.9 mi