Beach Glen Trail (Blue)–Darlington Drive, 5 sights is a 5.6-mile out-and-back in Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area near Beach Glen, NJ. It climbs 840 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 46/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi538 – 1,027 ft · steepest grade: 26%5.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Meriden Trail (Red) 40.93601, -74.47252
Nearest town Beach Glen, NJ
Directions
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Beach Glen Trail (Blue)–Darlington Drive, 5 sights
5.6 mi · ▲ 840 ft · 2 hr 17 min
Elevation 538–1,027 ft
Out & Back · Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: Meriden Trail (Red) · 40.93601, -74.47252
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Meriden Trail (Red), heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Beach Glen Trail (Blue) / Meriden Trail (Red), heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Meriden Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Four Birds Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Hibernia Brook Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Wildcat Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Darlington Drive, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto KDM Woods, heading NW.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 500 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 250 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Hibernia Brook Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Woods Road, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Four Birds Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Beach Glen Trail (Blue), heading SW.
- 250 ftBear right onto Woods Road - Not Maintained, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Beach Glen Trail (Blue), heading S.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Meriden Trail (Red), heading E.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
74% dirt1% gravel25% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:26 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~38 min). Leave by 6:27 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:06 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Meriden Trail (Red) Trailhead
- Hawkwatch Overlook–Meriden Trail (Red), 3 sights 2.3 mi · ▲ 469 ft
- Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area Viewpoint–Meriden Trail (Red), 3 sights 3.9 mi · ▲ 747 ft
- Beaver Pond–Meriden Trail (Red), 3 sights 4.1 mi · ▲ 854 ft
- Beach Glen Trail (Blue)–Meriden Trail (Red), 3 sights 4.2 mi · ▲ 317 ft
- Splitrock Trail (Dk Blue) Viewpoint–Meriden Trail (Red), 3 sights 4.4 mi · ▲ 1,000 ft
- Beach Glen Mine–Beach Glen Trail (Blue), 6 sights 4.4 mi · ▲ 689 ft
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