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Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area

Lake Telemark–Beach Glen Trail (Blue), 9 sights

12.3 mi · ▲ 1,406 ft · 4 hr 48 min

Lake Telemark–Beach Glen Trail (Blue), 9 sights is a 12.3-mile out-and-back in Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area near Meriden, NJ. The route reaches Lake Telemark. It climbs 1,406 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 34/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi528 – 1,027 ft · steepest grade: 22%13.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Orange 40.93184, -74.46522
Nearest town Meriden, NJ
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Lake Telemark–Beach Glen Trail (Blue), 9 sights

12.3 mi · ▲ 1,406 ft · 4 hr 48 min

Elevation 527–1,027 ft

Out & Back · Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: Orange · 40.93184, -74.46522

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:24 PM

  1. Start on Orange, heading NW.
  2. 1 miTurn left onto Beach Glen Trail (Blue), heading SW.
  3. 0.6 miSharp right onto Beach Glen Trail (Blue) / Meriden Trail (Red), heading W.
  4. 450 ftTurn right onto Meriden Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.4 miTurn left onto Four Birds Trail, heading NW.
  6. 0.1 miTurn left onto Hibernia Brook Trail, heading NE.
  7. 0.8 miTurn right, heading W.
  8. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  9. 0.1 miContinue straight onto KDM Woods, heading N.
  10. 0.6 miBear right onto Woods Road - Not Maintained, heading NW.
  11. 0.2 miContinue straight onto KDM Woods, heading NE.
  12. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right onto Shotgun Trail, heading SW.
  14. 400 ftBear right onto Hermod Trail, heading SW.
  15. 400 ftTurn left onto Low Line, heading S.
  16. 0.3 miPass Lake Telemark.
  17. 350 ftContinue straight onto Evergreen Trail, heading SW.
  18. 50 ftTurn left onto Tent Trail, heading S.
  19. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Brook Trail, heading S.
  20. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  21. 350 ftBear left onto Mjölnir Trail, heading S.
  22. 0.2 miTurn left onto Blue Flipper Trail, heading SE.
  23. 0.5 miReach Lake Telemark, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  24. 0.5 miTurn right onto Mjölnir Trail, heading SE.
  25. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  26. 350 ftTurn left onto Brook Trail, heading NE.
  27. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Tent Trail, heading N.
  28. 0.1 miTurn right onto Evergreen Trail, heading E.
  29. 50 ftContinue straight onto Low Line, heading E.
  30. 0.3 miTurn right onto Hermod Trail, heading N.
  31. 400 ftBear left onto Shotgun Trail, heading NE.
  32. 400 ftTurn left, heading N.
  33. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  34. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Woods Road - Not Maintained, heading SE.
  35. 0.2 miBear left onto KDM Woods, heading N.
  36. 0.7 miBear left, heading SW.
  37. 0.2 miTurn left onto Hibernia Brook Trail, heading E.
  38. 0.8 miTurn right onto Four Birds Trail, heading S.
  39. 0.1 miTurn right onto Meriden Trail, heading S.
  40. 0.4 miTurn left onto Beach Glen Trail (Blue) / Meriden Trail (Red), heading SE.
  41. 450 ftSharp left onto Beach Glen Trail (Blue), heading E.
  42. 0.6 miTurn right onto Orange, heading SE.
  43. 0.8 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-telemark-beach-glen-trail-blue-out-back-9-sights-20-km-1291

Trail surface

71% dirt3% gravel26% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:24 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.1 mi in (~60 min). Leave by 6:04 PM for the 7:24 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:34 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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