Old Hilltop Trail
2 mi · ▲ 190 ft · 46 min
Old Hilltop Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Hilltop Reservation near North Caldwell, NJ. It is mostly level, with 190 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi522 – 686 ft2.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.85329, -74.25014
Nearest town North Caldwell, NJ
Directions
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Old Hilltop Trail
2 mi · ▲ 190 ft · 46 min
Elevation 523–686 ft
Out & Back · Hilltop Reservation
Trailhead: 40.85329, -74.25014
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Spruce Trail - Inner Loop, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Old Hilltop Trail, heading SW.
- 400 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Old Hilltop/Arrowhead Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Peace Reading Link, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Meadow Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Peace Reading Link, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left onto Peace Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Old Hilltop Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto C-29 Trail, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn left onto C-29 Climb Direction, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto C-29 Trail, heading NE.
- 300 ftSharp left onto Spruce Trail - Inner Loop, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto C26 Link, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto C26 Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Spruce Trail - Inner Loop, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto C26 Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Spruce Trail - Inner Loop, heading NE.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
90% dirt10% paved
Weather
Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:25 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~8 min). Leave by 6:57 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:45 PM — 8 min before dark.
More from this trailhead
- Old Hilltop Trail & Spruce Trail - Inner Loop via Peace Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 250 ft
- Spruce Trail - Inner Loop 2.5 mi · ▲ 279 ft
- Cedar Grove Reservoir & Boogaloo via West Essex Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 481 ft
- West Essex Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 333 ft
- Cedar Grove Reservoir–Boogaloo, 4 sights 5 mi · ▲ 567 ft
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