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High Mountain Park Preserve

Indians Loop via Summit Trail

3.3 mi · ▲ 523 ft · 1 hr 22 min

Indians Loop via Summit Trail is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in High Mountain Park Preserve near North Haledon, NJ. It climbs 523 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi410 – 715 ft · steepest grade: 20%4.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.95735, -74.20907
Nearest town North Haledon, NJ
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Indians Loop via Summit Trail

3.3 mi · ▲ 523 ft · 1 hr 22 min

Elevation 410–715 ft

Out & Back · High Mountain Park Preserve

Trailhead: 40.95735, -74.20907

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 7:25 PM

Transit-accessible: Paterson Hamburg Tpke at Duncan Ln stop 645 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
  4. 100 ftBear right, heading N.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  6. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  7. 0.2 miBear left onto Dyn-O-Mite!, heading N.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  9. 450 ftBear right onto Grandpa's Favorite, heading NE.
  10. 150 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  11. 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  12. 100 ftBear left, heading E.
  13. 50 ftTurn left onto Woodland Trail, heading NE.
  14. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto Indians Loop, heading N.
  16. 50 ftBear right onto Woodland Trail, heading N.
  17. 500 ftSharp right, heading N.
  18. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  19. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  20. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  21. 500 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  22. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  23. 250 ftTurn left onto Summit Trail, heading NW.
  24. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  25. 0.2 miBear right onto Woodland Trail, heading NW.
  26. 0.2 miReach Indians Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  27. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  28. 0.1 miTurn left onto Summit Trail, heading SW.
  29. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  30. 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
  31. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  32. 500 ftBear right, heading S.
  33. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  34. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  35. 50 ftSharp left onto Woodland Trail, heading S.
  36. 500 ftBear left onto Indians Loop, heading S.
  37. 50 ftBear right onto Woodland Trail, heading S.
  38. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  39. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  40. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
  41. 450 ftSharp right onto Grandpa's Favorite, heading SW.
  42. 150 ftBear left, heading S.
  43. 450 ftTurn left onto Dyn-O-Mite!, heading S.
  44. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  45. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  46. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  47. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  48. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
  49. 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
  50. 250 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/indians-loop-out-back

Trail surface

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:28 AMSunset 7:25 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 7:02 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:42 PM — 11 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Paterson Hamburg Tpke at Duncan Ln stop 645 m from the trailhead

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