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Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area

Beach Glen Trail (Blue)–Darlington Drive, 7 sights

10 mi · ▲ 1,127 ft · 3 hr 54 min

Beach Glen Trail (Blue)–Darlington Drive, 7 sights is a 10-mile out-and-back in Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area near Lake Telemark, NJ. It climbs 1,127 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 49/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi528 – 1,027 ft · steepest grade: 19%10.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Darlington Drive 40.96587, -74.48602
Nearest town Lake Telemark, NJ
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Beach Glen Trail (Blue)–Darlington Drive, 7 sights

10 mi · ▲ 1,127 ft · 3 hr 54 min

Elevation 527–1,027 ft

Out & Back · Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: Darlington Drive · 40.96587, -74.48602

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:26 PM

  1. Start on Darlington Drive, heading SE.
  2. 0.8 miSharp right, heading SW.
  3. 0.2 miBear left onto Hibernia Brook Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.7 miTurn right onto Four Birds Trail, heading NE.
  5. 0.1 miTurn right onto Meriden Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.4 miTurn left onto Beach Glen Trail (Blue) / Meriden Trail (Red), heading SE.
  7. 450 ftSharp left onto Beach Glen Trail (Blue), heading SE.
  8. 0.6 miTurn right onto Orange, heading SE.
  9. 1.4 miTurn right onto Ford Road Trail (Red), heading S.
  10. 0.2 miBear left onto Hillcrest Trail (Yellow), heading SW.
  11. 350 ftBear right onto Mud Hole Trail (Yellow), heading SW.
  12. 50 ftBear left onto Hillcrest Trail (Blue), heading SW.
  13. 0.4 miReach Darlington Drive, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.4 miBear right onto Mud Hole Trail (Yellow), heading NE.
  15. 50 ftBear left onto Hillcrest Trail (Yellow), heading NE.
  16. 400 ftBear right onto Ford Road Trail (Red), heading NE.
  17. 0.2 miTurn left onto Orange, heading N.
  18. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  19. 1 miTurn left onto Beach Glen Trail (Blue), heading NE.
  20. 0.6 miSharp right onto Beach Glen Trail (Blue) / Meriden Trail (Red), heading N.
  21. 450 ftTurn right onto Meriden Trail, heading W.
  22. 0.4 miTurn left onto Four Birds Trail, heading NW.
  23. 0.1 miTurn left onto Hibernia Brook Trail, heading W.
  24. 0.7 miBear right onto Wildcat Ridge Trail, heading NW.
  25. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
  26. 150 ftContinue straight onto Darlington Drive, heading NE.
  27. 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/beach-glen-trail-blue-hibernia-brook-trail-out-back-4-sights-12-km-81d6

Trail surface

55% dirt1% gravel44% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:26 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.8 mi in (~52 min). Leave by 6:14 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:26 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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