Mount Cecchino–Woodland Sunset Point, 4 sights
4.2 mi · ▲ 343 ft · 1 hr 34 min
Mount Cecchino–Woodland Sunset Point, 4 sights is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in High Mountain Park Preserve near North Haledon, NJ. The route passes Mount Cecchino before reaching Woodland Sunset Point at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It climbs 343 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Mount Cecchino–Woodland Sunset Point, 4 sights
4.2 mi · ▲ 343 ft · 1 hr 34 min
Elevation 458–715 ft
Out & Back · High Mountain Park Preserve
Trailhead: Woodland Trail · 40.97945, -74.20461
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:28 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Woodland Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Summit Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 500 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 250 ftPass Mount Cecchino.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Secret, heading S.
- 250 ftBear right onto Summit Trail, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Woodland Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miPass Woodland Sunset Point.
- 50 ftReach Mount Cecchino, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Summit Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftBear left onto Secret, heading N.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Summit Trail, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 300 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Woodland Trail, heading NW.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.1 mi in (~60 min). Leave by 6:05 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:36 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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