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Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area

Splitrock Reservoir–Beach Glen Trail (Blue), 8 sights

10.8 mi · ▲ 1,367 ft · 4 hr 17 min

Splitrock Reservoir–Beach Glen Trail (Blue), 8 sights is a 10.8-mile out-and-back in Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area near Meriden, NJ. The route reaches Splitrock Reservoir. It climbs 1,367 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 56/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi525 – 1,030 ft · steepest grade: 19%11.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Righter Mine Trail (Green) 40.96266, -74.45736
Nearest town Meriden, NJ
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Splitrock Reservoir–Beach Glen Trail (Blue), 8 sights

10.8 mi · ▲ 1,367 ft · 4 hr 17 min

Elevation 526–1,030 ft

Out & Back · Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: Righter Mine Trail (Green) · 40.96266, -74.45736

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Splitrock Furnace Trail, heading W.
  2. 50 ftPass Splitrock Reservoir.
  3. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Righter Mine Trail (Green), heading S.
  4. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Righter Mine Trail (Green) / Splitrock Trail (Dk Blue), heading SW.
  5. 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left onto Four Birds Trail, heading W.
  7. 1 miTurn right onto Meriden Trail, heading SW.
  8. 0.4 miTurn left onto Beach Glen Trail (Blue) / Meriden Trail (Red), heading SE.
  9. 450 ftSharp left onto Beach Glen Trail (Blue), heading SE.
  10. 0.6 miTurn right onto Orange, heading NE.
  11. 1.4 miTurn right onto Ford Road Trail (Red), heading SE.
  12. 0.5 miSharp right onto Yellow Dot Trail, heading SW.
  13. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
  14. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  15. 50 ftTurn right onto Ford Road Trail (Red), heading W.
  16. 150 ftTurn left onto White, heading W.
  17. 350 ftReach Splitrock Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 350 ftTurn right onto Ford Road Trail (Red), heading NW.
  19. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  20. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  21. 0.2 miTurn right onto Yellow Dot Trail, heading E.
  22. 0.4 miSharp left onto Ford Road Trail (Red), heading E.
  23. 0.5 miTurn left onto Orange, heading NE.
  24. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  25. 1 miTurn left onto Beach Glen Trail (Blue), heading E.
  26. 0.6 miSharp right onto Beach Glen Trail (Blue) / Meriden Trail (Red), heading N.
  27. 450 ftTurn right onto Meriden Trail, heading S.
  28. 0.4 miTurn left onto Four Birds Trail, heading NE.
  29. 1 miTurn right, heading E.
  30. 0.2 miTurn left onto Righter Mine Trail (Green) / Splitrock Trail (Dk Blue), heading NE.
  31. 450 ftContinue straight onto Righter Mine Trail (Green), heading E.
  32. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Splitrock Furnace Trail, heading SE.
  33. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/beach-glen-trail-blue-little-bear-trail-green-out-back-5-sights-15-km-378d

Trail surface

65% dirt35% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:26 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.7 mi in (~52 min). Leave by 6:14 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:29 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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