Old Hilltop Trail & Spruce Trail - Inner Loop via Peace Trail
2.2 mi · ▲ 250 ft · 52 min
Old Hilltop Trail & Spruce Trail - Inner Loop via Peace Trail is a 2.2-mile out-and-back in Hilltop Reservation near North Caldwell, NJ. It climbs 250 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Old Hilltop Trail & Spruce Trail - Inner Loop via Peace Trail
2.2 mi · ▲ 250 ft · 52 min
Elevation 534–657 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 E.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Old Hilltop Trail, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Peace Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Arrowhead Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn left onto More Peace Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Old Hilltop Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Old Hilltop/Arrowhead Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Old Hilltop Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Peace Reading Link, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Old Hilltop Trail, heading W.
- 400 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Spruce Trail - Inner Loop, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 350 ftArrive 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 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 2 mi · ▲ 190 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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