Hilltop Reservation

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

  1. Start on Switchback Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.3 miSharp right onto Peace Trail, heading NW.
  3. 200 ftTurn left onto Peace Reading Link, heading SW.
  4. 150 ftBear left onto Read Avenue, heading SW.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right onto Peace Reading Link, heading S.
  6. 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  7. 0.1 miBear left onto Arrowhead Trail, heading W.
  8. 500 ftBear right, heading SW.
  9. 0.2 miReach Switchback Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 350 ftBear right, heading W.
  11. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  12. 450 ftBear right, heading SE.
  13. 0.1 miTurn right onto Peace Reading Link, heading NE.
  14. 150 ftTurn left onto Meadow Trail, heading N.
  15. 0.3 miBear right onto Peace Reading Link, heading N.
  16. 150 ftTurn right onto Peace Trail, heading NE.
  17. 200 ftSharp left onto Switchback Trail, heading NE.
  18. 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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