Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area
Lake Ames–Lake Telemark, 7 sights
6.5 mi · ▲ 1,037 ft · 2 hr 41 min
Lake Ames–Lake Telemark, 7 sights is a 6.5-mile out-and-back in Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area near Hibernia, NJ. The route passes Lake Telemark before reaching Lake Ames at the turnaround, 3.3 miles in. It climbs 1,037 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Lake Ames–Lake Telemark, 7 sights
6.5 mi · ▲ 1,037 ft · 2 hr 41 min
Elevation 561–915 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 miSharp right onto Hibernia Brook Trail, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 200 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 500 ftBear right onto KDM Woods, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Valhalla Way, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto KDM Woods, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Woods Road - Not Maintained, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto KDM Woods, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Shotgun Trail, heading NW.
- 400 ftBear right onto Hermod Trail, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Low Line, heading S.
- 0.3 miPass Lake Telemark.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Evergreen Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Tent Trail, heading S.
- 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 miReach Lake Ames, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Mjölnir Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Brook Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Tent Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Evergreen Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Low Line, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Hermod Trail, heading NE.
- 400 ftBear left onto Shotgun Trail, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Woods Road - Not Maintained, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto KDM Woods, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Valhalla Way, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto KDM Woods, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
- 500 ftSharp left onto Hibernia Brook Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 400 ftSharp left onto Four Birds Trail, heading S.
- 350 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~25 min). Leave by 6:41 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:57 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Four Birds / Hibernia Brook Trail Trailhead
- Darlington Drive & Hibernia Brook Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 553 ft
- 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
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