Old Hilltop Trail & Switchback Trail via Peace Trail
2.1 mi · ▲ 253 ft · 50 min
Old Hilltop Trail & Switchback Trail via Peace Trail is a 2.1-mile out-and-back in Hilltop Reservation near Cedar Grove, NJ. It climbs 253 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Old Hilltop Trail & Switchback Trail via Peace Trail
2.1 mi · ▲ 253 ft · 50 min
Elevation 502–686 ft
Out & Back · Hilltop Reservation
Trailhead: 2nd Mountain Trail · 40.85227, -74.24519
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:30 AM · sunset 7:23 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Switchback Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Peace Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Arrowhead Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 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.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Peace Reading Link, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Meadow Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Peace Reading Link, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Peace Trail, heading NE.
- 200 ftSharp left onto Switchback Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 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 0.9 mi in (~24 min). Leave by 6:39 PM for the 7:23 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:05 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from 2nd Mountain Trail Trailhead
- West Essex Trail 2 mi · ▲ 251 ft
- West Essex Trail 2 mi · ▲ 251 ft
- Arrowhead Trail & Switchback Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 252 ft
- Eifall & Boogaloo via West Essex Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 373 ft
- West Essex Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 280 ft
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