New Jersey trails · Four Birds
Four Birds
A 8.5-mile out-and-back in New Jersey, with 416 ft of climbing. Reaches Browns Pond. Managed by New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
Elevation profile
The climbing leans toward the first third: 50% of the ascent falls between mile 0.0 and mile 2.8. It gives back about 1,121 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Browns Pond (lake)
Getting there
Four Birds Trailhead. About 28 min drive (17 mi) from Dover. 41.05095, -74.44641 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:40 a.m., the sun rises at 7:07 a.m. and sets at 6:19 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:46 p.m. (EDT) — 11 h 11 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 16.9-mile round trip takes roughly 6 h 41 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 1:49 p.m. — 4 h 30 min before sunset.
Loop options
- Four Birds + Hibernia Brook Trail + Hibernia Brook — 1.8 mi loop, 349 ft gain
- Four Birds + Meriden Trail + Beach Glen — 5.0 mi loop, 853 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Bearfort Waters - Clinton Trail — 2.2 mi
- Highlands — 4.9 mi
- Hewitt-Butler Trail — 4.9 mi
- Wyanokie Circular Trail — 5.4 mi