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Hilltop Reservation

Old Hilltop Trail & Switchback Trail via Peace Trail

2.3 mi · ▲ 230 ft · 53 min

Old Hilltop Trail & Switchback Trail via Peace Trail is a 2.3-mile out-and-back in Hilltop Reservation near Verona, NJ. It is mostly level, with 230 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi489 – 663 ft2.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lenape Trail 40.83797, -74.25625
Nearest town Verona, NJ
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Old Hilltop Trail & Switchback Trail via Peace Trail

2.3 mi · ▲ 230 ft · 53 min

Elevation 488–664 ft

Out & Back · Hilltop Reservation

Trailhead: Lenape Trail · 40.83797, -74.25625

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Lenape Trail, heading E.
  2. 250 ftContinue straight onto Old Hilltop Trail, heading NE.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  4. 300 ftBear right onto Arrowhead Trail, heading N.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Peace Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Switchback Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.3 miContinue straight onto 2nd Mountain Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Peace Trail, heading N.
  9. 50 ftTurn right onto 2nd Mountain Trail, heading N.
  10. 100 ftTurn left onto Old Hilltop Trail, heading NE.
  11. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Peace Trail, heading SW.
  12. 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  13. 50 ftTurn left onto Old Hilltop Trail, heading SW.
  14. 500 ftBear left, heading SW.
  15. 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
  16. 500 ftTurn left onto Old Hilltop/Arrowhead Trail, heading SE.
  17. 50 ftTurn right onto Old Hilltop Trail, heading S.
  18. 0.2 miSharp left onto Peace Trail, heading SE.
  19. 50 ftTurn right onto More Peace Trail, heading SE.
  20. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Lenape Trail, heading SW.
  21. 50 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/old-hilltop-trail-out-back

Trail surface

90% dirt6% paved4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:25 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:05 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:25 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:53 PM.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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