Meriden Trail (Red) & Meriden Trail is a 5-mile out-and-back in Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area near Hibernia, NJ. It climbs 1,003 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 47/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi538 – 1,027 ft · steepest grade: 21%5.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Four Birds / Hibernia Brook Trail 40.94555, -74.49266
Nearest town Hibernia, NJ
Directions
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Meriden Trail (Red) & Meriden Trail
5 mi · ▲ 1,003 ft · 2 hr 10 min
Elevation 538–1,027 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.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 450 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Woods Road, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Hibernia Brook Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Four Birds Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Meriden Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Beach Glen Trail (Blue) / Meriden Trail (Red), heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Meriden Trail (Red), heading S.
- 0.5 miReach Meriden Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Beach Glen Trail (Blue) / Meriden Trail (Red), heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Meriden Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Four Birds Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Hibernia Brook Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Woods Road, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
- 450 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Hibernia Brook Trail, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Four Birds Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
70% dirt2% gravel28% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:26 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.5 mi in (~51 min). Leave by 6:15 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:19 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
- Beach Glen Mine–Beach Glen Trail (Blue), 5 sights 5 mi · ▲ 1,043 ft
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