Beach Glen Trail (Blue)–Hibernia Brook Trail, 5 sights is a 10.6-mile out-and-back in Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area near Lake Telemark, NJ. It climbs 1,329 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 49/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi528 – 1,027 ft · steepest grade: 19%11.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: KDM Woods 40.96537, -74.48929
Nearest town Lake Telemark, NJ
Directions
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Beach Glen Trail (Blue)–Hibernia Brook Trail, 5 sights
10.6 mi · ▲ 1,329 ft · 4 hr 12 min
Elevation 527–1,027 ft
Out & Back · Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: KDM Woods · 40.96537, -74.48929
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
- Start on Woods Road - Not Maintained, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto KDM Woods, heading S.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Hibernia Brook Trail, heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Four Birds Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Meriden Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Beach Glen Trail (Blue) / Meriden Trail (Red), heading SE.
- 450 ftSharp left onto Beach Glen Trail (Blue), heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Orange, heading SE.
- 1.4 miTurn left onto Ford Road Trail (Red), heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Ford Road Trail (Red), heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Loren's Loop (Pink), heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Little Bear Trail (Green), heading S.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Orange band trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miReach Hibernia Brook Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Little Bear Trail (Green), heading NE.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Loren's Loop (Pink), heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Ford Road Trail (Red), heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Ford Road Trail (Red), heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right 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 NW.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Meriden Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Four Birds Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Hibernia Brook Trail, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto KDM Woods, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Woods Road - Not Maintained, heading W.
- 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
63% dirt37% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:26 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.0 mi in (~57 min). Leave by 6:09 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:33 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from KDM Woods Trailhead
- KDM Woods 2.4 mi · ▲ 172 ft
- Hudsonia Overlook Trail & Up And Over Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 261 ft
- Lake Ames–Lake Telemark, 5 sights 3.2 mi · ▲ 439 ft
- Hibernia Brook Trail & Woods Road - Not Maintained via Beach Glen Trail (Blue) 6.5 mi · ▲ 1,062 ft
- Fugawe Ridge–Splitrock Reservoir, 5 sights 10.8 mi · ▲ 1,584 ft
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