Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area
Splitrock Reservoir–Timberbrook Pond, 11 sights
15.7 mi · ▲ 1,522 ft · 6 hr
Splitrock Reservoir–Timberbrook Pond, 11 sights is a 15.7-mile out-and-back in Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area near Kitchell, NJ. The route passes Timberbrook Pond, Splitrock Reservoir and Misty Pond. It climbs 1,522 ft. It scores 69/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Splitrock Reservoir–Timberbrook Pond, 11 sights
15.7 mi · ▲ 1,522 ft · 6 hr
Elevation 557–1,073 ft
Out & Back · Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: 41.01338, -74.46250
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:31 AM · sunset 7:23 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Timberbrook Pond.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Four Birds Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Timberbrook Road/Four Birds Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Four Birds Trail, heading SE.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Winnebago Road/Four Birds Trail, heading E.
- 100 ftBear right onto Four Birds Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Durham Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Woods Road, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Splitrock Reservoir.
- 50 ftPass Misty Pond.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left onto Orange Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Charlottesburg Road, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Charlottesburg Road - Unpaved - Gated, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Splitrock Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Charlottesburg Road - Unpaved - Gated / Splitrock Trail (Dk Blue), heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Splitrock Trail (Dk Blue), heading S.
- 50 ftBear right onto Charlottesburg Road - Unpaved - Gated, heading S.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Splitrock Trail (Dk Blue), heading S.
- 1.4 miSharp left onto Righter Mine Trail (Green), heading W.
- 250 ftSharp left onto Old Koehler Trail, heading W.
- 1.6 miBear left onto Righter Mine Trail (Green), heading SE.
- 250 ftReach Splitrock Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 250 ftBear right onto Old Koehler Trail, heading SW.
- 1.6 miSharp right onto Righter Mine Trail (Green), heading NW.
- 250 ftSharp right onto Splitrock Trail (Dk Blue), heading W.
- 1.4 miContinue straight onto Charlottesburg Road - Unpaved - Gated, heading NE.
- 1.1 miBear left onto Splitrock Trail (Dk Blue), heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Charlottesburg Road - Unpaved - Gated / Splitrock Trail (Dk Blue), heading NW.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Splitrock Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Charlottesburg Road - Unpaved - Gated, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Charlottesburg Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Woods Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Durham Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Four Birds Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Winnebago Road/Four Birds Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Four Birds Trail, heading NW.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Timberbrook Road/Four Birds Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Four Birds Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 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 5.9 mi in (~158 min). Leave by 4:25 PM for the 7:23 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:16 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Timberbrook Pond–Four Birds Trail, 3 sights 2.9 mi · ▲ 197 ft
- Four Birds Viewpoint–Unmarked Foot Viewpoint, 3 viewpoints 4 mi · ▲ 438 ft
- Timberbrook Pond & Timberbrook Road 5.2 mi · ▲ 344 ft
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