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.
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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
- Start on Four Birds Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Hibernia Brook Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 500 ftTurn right onto KDM Woods, heading N.
- 400 ftSharp right onto Darlington Drive, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Hibernia Brook Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Woods Road, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 450 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Hibernia Brook Trail, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Four Birds Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Weather
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.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Four Birds / Hibernia Brook Trail Trailhead
- Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area Viewpoint & unmarked via Woods Road 3.7 mi · ▲ 800 ft
- Woods Road - Not Maintained via Beach Glen Trail (Blue) 3.9 mi · ▲ 1,018 ft
- Beach Glen Mine & Beach Glen Trail (Blue) 3.9 mi · ▲ 1,079 ft
- Beaver Pond–Hibernia Brook Trail Loop, 4 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 890 ft
- Meriden Trail (Red) & Meriden Trail 5 mi · ▲ 1,003 ft
- Beach Glen Mine–Beach Glen Trail (Blue), 5 sights 5 mi · ▲ 1,043 ft
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