Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area Viewpoint & Hibernia Brook Trail is a 3.7-mile out-and-back in Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area near Hibernia, NJ. The route reaches Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.8 miles in. It climbs 648 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 44/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi784 – 1,060 ft · steepest grade: 19%3.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Hibernia Brook Trail 40.95408, -74.47944
Nearest town Hibernia, NJ
Directions
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Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area Viewpoint & Hibernia Brook Trail
3.7 mi · ▲ 648 ft · 1 hr 33 min
Elevation 785–1,059 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
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Hibernia Brook Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Four Birds Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miReach Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Hibernia Brook Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:26 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~22 min). Leave by 6:44 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:01 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- 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
- Splitrock Reservoir & Beaver Pond via Four Birds Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 542 ft
- Hudsonia Overlook Trail & KDM Woods 4.4 mi · ▲ 372 ft
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