Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area
Beach Glen Mine & Beach Glen Trail (Blue)
3.9 mi · ▲ 1,079 ft · 1 hr 50 min
Beach Glen Mine & Beach Glen Trail (Blue) is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area near Hibernia, NJ. The route reaches Beach Glen Mine at the turnaround, 1.8 miles in. It climbs 1,079 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Beach Glen Mine & Beach Glen Trail (Blue)
3.9 mi · ▲ 1,079 ft · 1 hr 50 min
Elevation 555–1,016 ft
Out & Back · Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: Four Birds / Hibernia Brook Trail · 40.94555, -74.49266
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Four Birds Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Hibernia Brook Trail, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 200 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Four Birds Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Woods Road, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Four Birds Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Beach Glen Trail (Blue), heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 100 ftReach Beach Glen Mine, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
- 150 ftSharp left onto Four Birds Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Woods Road, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Four Birds Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Hibernia Brook Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 400 ftSharp left onto Four Birds Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.2 mi in (~43 min). Leave by 6:23 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:13 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Four Birds / Hibernia Brook Trail Trailhead
- Darlington Drive & Hibernia Brook Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 553 ft
- Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area Viewpoint & unmarked via Woods Road 3.7 mi · ▲ 800 ft
- Woods Road - Not Maintained via Beach Glen Trail (Blue) 3.9 mi · ▲ 1,018 ft
- Beaver Pond–Hibernia Brook Trail Loop, 4 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 890 ft
- Meriden Trail (Red) & Meriden Trail 5 mi · ▲ 1,003 ft
- Beach Glen Mine–Beach Glen Trail (Blue), 5 sights 5 mi · ▲ 1,043 ft
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