Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area
Splitrock Reservoir & Beaver Pond via Four Birds Trail
3.7 mi · ▲ 542 ft · 1 hr 30 min
Splitrock Reservoir & Beaver Pond via Four Birds Trail is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area near Hibernia, NJ. The route passes Beaver Pond before reaching Splitrock Reservoir at the turnaround, 1.8 miles in. It climbs 542 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 68/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Splitrock Reservoir & Beaver Pond via Four Birds Trail
3.7 mi · ▲ 542 ft · 1 hr 30 min
Elevation 855–1,024 ft
Out & Back · Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: Hibernia Brook Trail · 40.95408, -74.47944
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Wildcat Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Solar Pond Road, heading E.
- 0.2 miPass Beaver Pond.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Four Birds Trail, heading E.
- 1.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 500 ftReach Splitrock Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Solar Pond Road, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:06 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:26 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:54 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Hibernia Brook Trail Trailhead
- Splitrock Trail (Dk Blue) Viewpoint & Beaver Pond via Four Birds Trail 2 mi · ▲ 236 ft
- Beaver Pond & Hibernia Brook Trail Loop via Four Birds Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 342 ft
- Woods Road 2.4 mi · ▲ 399 ft
- KDM Woods & Odin's Ladder Loop 2.7 mi · ▲ 223 ft
- Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area Viewpoint & Hibernia Brook Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 648 ft
- Hudsonia Overlook Trail & KDM Woods 4.4 mi · ▲ 372 ft
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