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.

Elevation

0 mi554 – 1,017 ft · steepest grade: 24%4.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Four Birds / Hibernia Brook Trail 40.94555, -74.49266
Nearest town Hibernia, NJ

Directions

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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

  1. Start on Four Birds Trail, heading N.
  2. 0.2 miSharp right onto Hibernia Brook Trail, heading SE.
  3. 350 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  4. 200 ftBear left, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  6. 0.2 miSharp right, heading E.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right onto Four Birds Trail, heading SE.
  8. 0.2 miBear left onto Woods Road, heading E.
  9. 50 ftBear right onto Four Birds Trail, heading E.
  10. 0.4 miSharp right, heading S.
  11. 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
  12. 0.4 miTurn right onto Beach Glen Trail (Blue), heading SW.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  14. 100 ftReach Beach Glen Mine, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 100 ftSharp right, heading S.
  16. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  17. 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
  18. 150 ftSharp left onto Four Birds Trail, heading N.
  19. 0.4 miBear left onto Woods Road, heading N.
  20. 50 ftBear right onto Four Birds Trail, heading N.
  21. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  22. 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
  23. 0.2 miTurn right onto Hibernia Brook Trail, heading N.
  24. 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  25. 400 ftSharp left onto Four Birds Trail, heading NW.
  26. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

57% dirt2% gravel41% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:26 PM

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

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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