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Beaver Pond–Hibernia Brook Trail Loop, 4 sights is a 4.9-mile loop in Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area near Hibernia, NJ. The route reaches Beaver Pond. It climbs 890 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 55/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi561 – 1,030 ft · steepest grade: 15%5.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Four Birds / Hibernia Brook Trail 40.94555, -74.49266
Nearest town Hibernia, NJ

Directions

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Beaver Pond–Hibernia Brook Trail Loop, 4 sights

4.9 mi · ▲ 890 ft · 2 hr 5 min

Elevation 561–1,029 ft

Loop · Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: Four Birds / Hibernia Brook Trail · 40.94555, -74.49266

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:26 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Four Birds Trail, heading N.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right onto Hibernia Brook Trail, heading E.
  3. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
  4. 0.7 miSharp left onto Wildcat Ridge Trail, heading E.
  5. 0.2 miBear right onto Solar Pond Road, heading NE.
  6. 0.2 miPass Beaver Pond.
  7. 0.2 miTurn left onto Four Birds Trail, heading E.
  8. 0.4 miTurn right onto Splitrock Trail (Dk Blue), heading NE.
  9. 0.7 miSharp right, heading SW.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left onto Four Birds Trail, heading SE.
  11. 0.8 miTurn right onto Service Road - Radio Tower, heading W.
  12. 200 ftTurn right onto Hibernia Brook Trail, heading W.
  13. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
  14. 0.1 miTurn right onto Woods Road, heading W.
  15. 0.3 miBear right onto Four Birds Trail, heading W.
  16. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  17. 0.1 miSharp left, heading S.
  18. 0.2 miTurn right onto Hibernia Brook Trail, heading N.
  19. 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
  20. 400 ftSharp left onto Four Birds Trail, heading NW.
  21. 0.1 miThe loop closes back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

64% dirt7% gravel29% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:26 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.5 mi in (~43 min). Leave by 6:23 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:25 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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