Wildcat Ridge Trail (Yellow) & Woods Road via Four Birds Trail is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area near Marcella, NJ. It climbs 1,010 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 64/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi682 – 1,030 ft · steepest grade: 18%6.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Wildcat Ridge Trail (Yellow) 40.96641, -74.47558
Nearest town Marcella, NJ
Directions
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Wildcat Ridge Trail (Yellow) & Woods Road via Four Birds Trail
5.8 mi · ▲ 1,010 ft · 2 hr 26 min
Elevation 683–1,030 ft
Out & Back · Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: Wildcat Ridge Trail (Yellow) · 40.96641, -74.47558
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
- Start on Wildcat Ridge Trail (Yellow), heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Four Birds Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.9 miSharp right onto Hibernia Brook Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Woods Road, heading SW.
- 0.5 miReach Wildcat Ridge Trail (Yellow), then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Hibernia Brook Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Four Birds Trail, heading SE.
- 0.9 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Wildcat Ridge Trail (Yellow), heading E.
- 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
78% dirt22% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:26 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.9 mi in (~57 min). Leave by 6:09 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:39 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Hudsonia Overlook Trail & Oreland Trail - Orange Anvil 4.6 mi · ▲ 496 ft
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- Meriden Trail (Red)–Meriden Trail, 3 sights 6.2 mi · ▲ 1,128 ft
- Hibernia Brook Trail–KDM Woods, 3 sights 7.2 mi · ▲ 917 ft
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