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Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area

Lake Ames–Lake Telemark, 5 sights

3.2 mi · ▲ 439 ft · 1 hr 17 min

Lake Ames–Lake Telemark, 5 sights is a 3.2-mile out-and-back in Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area near Lake Telemark, NJ. The route passes Lake Telemark before reaching Lake Ames at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It climbs 439 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi643 – 830 ft · steepest grade: 17%3.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: KDM Woods 40.96537, -74.48929
Nearest town Lake Telemark, NJ
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Lake Ames–Lake Telemark, 5 sights

3.2 mi · ▲ 439 ft · 1 hr 17 min

Elevation 641–830 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

  1. Start on KDM Woods, heading NW.
  2. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right onto Shotgun Trail, heading W.
  4. 350 ftBear right onto Hermod Trail, heading N.
  5. 450 ftTurn left onto Low Line, heading SW.
  6. 0.3 miPass Lake Telemark.
  7. 150 ftContinue straight onto Evergreen Trail, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftTurn left onto Tent Trail, heading SW.
  9. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Brook Trail, heading S.
  10. 0.3 miBear left onto Mjölnir Trail, heading S.
  11. 50 ftBear right onto Brook Trail, heading S.
  12. 0.2 miSharp right onto Anomaly Trail, heading SW.
  13. 300 ftReach Lake Ames, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 350 ftSharp left onto Brook Trail, heading S.
  15. 0.2 miBear left onto Mjölnir Trail, heading SE.
  16. 50 ftBear right onto Brook Trail, heading SE.
  17. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Tent Trail, heading N.
  18. 0.1 miTurn right onto Evergreen Trail, heading N.
  19. 50 ftContinue straight onto Low Line, heading N.
  20. 0.3 miTurn right onto Hermod Trail, heading NE.
  21. 400 ftBear left onto Shotgun Trail, heading NE.
  22. 400 ftTurn left, heading N.
  23. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  24. 0.2 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/lake-ames-lake-ames-out-back-6-sights-c660

Trail surface

88% dirt12% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:26 PM

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