Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area Viewpoint & unmarked via Woods Road 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 800 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi561 – 1,017 ft · steepest grade: 19%4.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Four Birds / Hibernia Brook Trail 40.94555, -74.49266
Nearest town Hibernia, NJ
Directions
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Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area Viewpoint & unmarked via Woods Road
3.7 mi · ▲ 800 ft · 1 hr 38 min
Elevation 561–1,016 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 miSharp right onto Hibernia Brook Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Four Birds Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Woods Road, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto unmarked, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miReach Wildcat Ridge Wildlife Management Area Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading NE.
- 150 ftSharp left onto Four Birds Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Woods Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Hibernia Brook Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 400 ftSharp left onto Four Birds Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
62% dirt1% gravel37% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:30 AMSunset 7:26 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.4 mi in (~42 min). Leave by 6:24 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:18 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Car visible from the viewpoint
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
- 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
- Meriden Trail (Red) & Meriden Trail 5 mi · ▲ 1,003 ft
- Beach Glen Mine–Beach Glen Trail (Blue), 5 sights 5 mi · ▲ 1,043 ft
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