Arrowhead Trail & Switchback Trail
2.1 mi · ▲ 252 ft · 50 min
Arrowhead Trail & Switchback Trail is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in Hilltop Reservation near Cedar Grove, NJ. It climbs 252 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi502 – 686 ft2.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: 2nd Mountain Trail 40.85227, -74.24519
Nearest town Cedar Grove, NJ
Directions
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Arrowhead Trail & Switchback Trail
2.1 mi · ▲ 252 ft · 50 min
Elevation 502–686 ft
Out & Back · Hilltop Reservation
Trailhead: 2nd Mountain Trail · 40.85227, -74.24519
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Switchback Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Peace Trail, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Peace Reading Link, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left onto Read Avenue, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Peace Reading Link, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Arrowhead Trail, heading W.
- 500 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miReach Switchback Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 450 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Peace Reading Link, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Meadow Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Peace Reading Link, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Peace Trail, heading NE.
- 200 ftSharp left onto Switchback Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 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
85% dirt8% paved7% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:25 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Old Hilltop Trail & Switchback Trail via Peace Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 253 ft
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