Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area

Darlington Drive & Hibernia Brook Trail

3.3 mi · ▲ 553 ft · 1 hr 23 min

Darlington Drive & Hibernia Brook Trail is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area near Hibernia, NJ. It climbs 553 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 44/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi561 – 1,004 ft · steepest grade: 19%3.7 mi

Getting there

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

Directions

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Darlington Drive & Hibernia Brook Trail

3.3 mi · ▲ 553 ft · 1 hr 23 min

Elevation 561–1,006 ft

Out & Back · 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. 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
  5. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  6. 250 ftSharp right, heading N.
  7. 500 ftTurn right onto KDM Woods, heading N.
  8. 400 ftSharp right onto Darlington Drive, heading N.
  9. 0.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
  10. 0.2 miBear left onto Hibernia Brook Trail, heading SE.
  11. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
  12. 0.1 miTurn right onto Woods Road, heading E.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  14. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
  15. 450 ftBear right, heading W.
  16. 0.1 miSharp left, heading NW.
  17. 0.2 miTurn right onto Hibernia Brook Trail, heading NW.
  18. 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  19. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Four Birds Trail, heading SW.
  20. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

57% dirt3% gravel40% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:26 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~30 min). Leave by 6:36 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:09 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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