Peace Trail
2.3 mi · ▲ 390 ft · 58 min
Peace Trail is a 2.3-mile out-and-back in Hilltop Reservation near Verona, NJ. It climbs 390 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi463 – 627 ft2.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.83605, -74.25489
Nearest town Verona, NJ
Directions
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Peace Trail
2.3 mi · ▲ 390 ft · 58 min
Elevation 461–627 ft
Out & Back · Hilltop Reservation
Trailhead: 40.83605, -74.25489
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 400 ftBear right onto Old Hilltop Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 300 ftBear right onto Arrowhead Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Peace Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Switchback Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Peace Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Arrowhead Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn left onto More Peace Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Old Hilltop Trail, heading W.
- 400 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 150 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:29 AMSunset 7:25 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~13 min). Leave by 6:52 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:49 PM — 4 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Old Hilltop Trail & Switchback Trail via Peace Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 230 ft
- C-29 Trail–Old Hilltop Trail Loop, 4 sights 2.7 mi · ▲ 229 ft
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