Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area
Lake Ames–Lake Telemark, 6 sights
5.6 mi · ▲ 689 ft · 2 hr 13 min
Lake Ames–Lake Telemark, 6 sights is a 5.6-mile out-and-back in Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area near Marcella, NJ. The route passes Lake Telemark before reaching Lake Ames at the turnaround, 2.8 miles in. It climbs 689 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Lake Ames–Lake Telemark, 6 sights
5.6 mi · ▲ 689 ft · 2 hr 13 min
Elevation 641–1,009 ft
Out & Back · Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: Woods Road · 40.97054, -74.47634
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 73°F / low 61° · precip 5% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
- Start on Oreland Trail - Orange Anvil, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 1.6 miTurn right onto Shotgun Trail, heading W.
- 400 ftBear right onto Hermod Trail, heading NW.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Low Line, heading SW.
- 0.3 miPass Lake Telemark.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Evergreen Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Tent Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Brook Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Mjölnir Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Brook Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Anomaly Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftReach Lake Ames, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftBear right onto Brook Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Mjölnir Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Brook Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Tent Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Evergreen Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Low Line, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Hermod Trail, heading E.
- 450 ftBear left onto Shotgun Trail, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Oreland Trail - Orange Anvil, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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More from Woods Road Trailhead
- Wildcat Ridge Trail via Oreland Trail - Orange Anvil 1.9 mi · ▲ 57 ft
- Oreland Rail Trail & Oreland Trail - Orange Anvil 2.9 mi · ▲ 137 ft
- Lake Telemark–Low Line, 3 sights 4.4 mi · ▲ 511 ft
- KDM Woods & Oreland Trail - Orange Anvil 4.4 mi · ▲ 449 ft
- Hudsonia Overlook Trail & Oreland Trail - Orange Anvil 4.6 mi · ▲ 496 ft
- Lake Telemark–Evergreen Trail, 4 sights 5 mi · ▲ 607 ft
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