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Hilltop Reservation

Eifall–Arrowhead Trail, 5 sights

4.9 mi · ▲ 566 ft · 1 hr 55 min

Eifall–Arrowhead Trail, 5 sights is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Hilltop Reservation near Caldwell, NJ. The route reaches Eifall at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 566 ft. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi262 – 656 ft6.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Arrowhead Trail 40.84256, -74.25896
Nearest town Caldwell, NJ
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Eifall–Arrowhead Trail, 5 sights

4.9 mi · ▲ 566 ft · 1 hr 55 min

Elevation 261–657 ft

Out & Back · Hilltop Reservation

Trailhead: Arrowhead Trail · 40.84256, -74.25896

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:25 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Arrowhead Trail, heading NE.
  2. 300 ftBear right, heading E.
  3. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  4. 500 ftBear right, heading NE.
  5. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  6. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  7. 100 ftTurn left onto Peace Reading Link, heading N.
  8. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftBear right onto Old Hilltop Trail, heading NE.
  10. 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
  11. 50 ftTurn left onto Peace Trail, heading N.
  12. 100 ftContinue straight onto Old Hilltop Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.2 miContinue straight onto C-29 Trail, heading N.
  14. 450 ftBear left onto Old Hilltop Trail, heading NE.
  15. 50 ftTurn left onto Peace Trail, heading NE.
  16. 100 ftBear right onto Old Hilltop Trail, heading NE.
  17. 300 ftBear left onto Spruce Trail - Inner Loop, heading NE.
  18. 100 ftSharp right onto Endor, heading NE.
  19. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  20. 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  21. 250 ftSharp right, heading N.
  22. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  23. 150 ftBear right onto Lenape Trail, heading N.
  24. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Endor, heading NE.
  25. 250 ftBear right, heading E.
  26. 50 ftTurn left onto Boogaloo, heading E.
  27. 0.1 miContinue straight onto West Essex Trail, heading E.
  28. 250 ftBear left onto Boogaloo, heading SE.
  29. 50 ftBear right onto West Essex Trail, heading SE.
  30. 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
  31. 500 ftBear right, heading E.
  32. 50 ftReach Eifall, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  33. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  34. 0.7 miBear left onto Boogaloo, heading NE.
  35. 50 ftBear right onto West Essex Trail, heading SW.
  36. 250 ftContinue straight onto Boogaloo, heading W.
  37. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  38. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  39. 150 ftContinue straight onto Endor, heading SW.
  40. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Trail, heading SW.
  41. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  42. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  43. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  44. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  45. 200 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  46. 150 ftTurn left onto Endor, heading SW.
  47. 0.2 miSharp left onto Spruce Trail - Inner Loop, heading SW.
  48. 150 ftBear right onto Old Hilltop Trail, heading W.
  49. 300 ftBear left onto Peace Trail, heading W.
  50. 100 ftTurn right onto Old Hilltop Trail, heading W.
  51. 50 ftBear right onto C-29 Trail, heading W.
  52. 450 ftContinue straight onto Old Hilltop Trail, heading SW.
  53. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Peace Trail, heading W.
  54. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  55. 50 ftTurn left onto Old Hilltop Trail, heading W.
  56. 500 ftBear left, heading W.
  57. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  58. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  59. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  60. 0.1 miBear left onto Arrowhead Trail, heading NW.
  61. 450 ftBear right, heading W.
  62. 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/eifall-out-back

Trail surface

56% dirt6% paved38% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:25 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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