Beach Glen Trail (Blue)–Ford Road Trail (Red), 5 sights is a 9.4-mile out-and-back in Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area near Beach Glen, NJ. It climbs 705 ft. It scores 40/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi525 – 781 ft9.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.92229, -74.48409
Nearest town Beach Glen, NJ
Directions
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Beach Glen Trail (Blue)–Ford Road Trail (Red), 5 sights
9.4 mi · ▲ 705 ft · 3 hr 29 min
Elevation 525–780 ft
Out & Back · Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: 40.92229, -74.48409
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 76°F / low 63° · precip 3% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on White, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Yellow Dot Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Ford Road Trail (Red), heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Orange, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 1 miTurn left onto Beach Glen Trail (Blue), heading NW.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Beach Glen Trail (Blue) / Meriden Trail (Red), heading S.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Beach Glen Trail (Blue), heading NW.
- 1 miBear left onto Woods Road - Not Maintained, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Beach Glen Trail (Blue), heading W.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 100 ftReach Ford Road Trail (Red), then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Woods Road - Not Maintained, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftBear right onto Beach Glen Trail (Blue), heading N.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Beach Glen Trail (Blue) / Meriden Trail (Red), heading E.
- 450 ftSharp left onto Beach Glen Trail (Blue), heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Orange, heading SE.
- 1.4 miTurn right onto Ford Road Trail (Red), heading S.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Yellow Dot Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto White, heading N.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
59% dirt41% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 76°F63°
Precip3%Wind5 mphUV7Humidity74%
Rained 0.1″ 2 days ago
Hourly temperature
80°60°
Sunrise 6:29 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:26 PM
Sun
71°61°
Mon
77°54°
Tue
81°57°
Wed
83°62°
Thu
79°63°
Fri
71°52°
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~36 min). Leave by 6:30 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:12 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Ford Road Trail (Red)–Purple Dot, 3 sights 3.2 mi · ▲ 232 ft
- Hillcrest Trail (Blue)–Mud Hole Trail (Yellow), 3 sights 3.4 mi · ▲ 309 ft
- Mud Hole Trail (Yellow)–Orange band trail, 3 sights 3.8 mi · ▲ 355 ft
- Little Bear Trail (Green)–Mud Hole Trail (Yellow), 3 sights 3.9 mi · ▲ 368 ft
- Ford Road Trail (Red)–Little Bear Trail (Green), 5 sights 5.2 mi · ▲ 455 ft
- Hawkwatch Overlook–Beach Glen Trail (Blue), 6 sights 8.1 mi · ▲ 764 ft
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