AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Hilltop Reservation

Spruce Trail - Inner Loop

2.5 mi · ▲ 279 ft · 58 min

Spruce Trail - Inner Loop is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Hilltop Reservation near North Caldwell, NJ. It climbs 279 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi331 – 600 ft3.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.85329, -74.25014
Nearest town North Caldwell, NJ
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Spruce Trail - Inner Loop

2.5 mi · ▲ 279 ft · 58 min

Elevation 331–600 ft

Out & Back · Hilltop Reservation

Trailhead: 40.85329, -74.25014

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left onto Spruce Trail - Inner Loop, heading NE.
  3. 500 ftContinue straight onto C26 Trail, heading N.
  4. 150 ftBear right onto Spruce Trail - Inner Loop, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftBear right onto C26 Trail, heading NE.
  6. 50 ftTurn left onto C26 Link, heading NE.
  7. 50 ftBear right onto Spruce Trail - Inner Loop, heading NE.
  8. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Endor, heading E.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  10. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  11. 250 ftSharp right, heading E.
  12. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  13. 150 ftBear right onto Lenape Trail, heading SE.
  14. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Endor, heading S.
  15. 250 ftSharp right onto West Essex Trail, heading NE.
  16. 200 ftBear left, heading SE.
  17. 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  18. 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
  19. 300 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  20. 150 ftContinue straight onto Endor, heading NE.
  21. 100 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Trail, heading NE.
  22. 500 ftBear right, heading NE.
  23. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  24. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  25. 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  26. 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  27. 100 ftTurn left onto Endor, heading NE.
  28. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Spruce Trail - Inner Loop, heading NW.
  29. 0.2 miBear left onto C26 Link, heading NW.
  30. 50 ftTurn right onto C26 Trail, heading N.
  31. 50 ftBear left onto Spruce Trail - Inner Loop, heading N.
  32. 100 ftBear left onto C26 Trail, heading N.
  33. 150 ftContinue straight onto Spruce Trail - Inner Loop, heading N.
  34. 500 ftTurn right, heading W.
  35. 250 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/spruce-trail-inner-loop-out-back

Trail surface

77% dirt8% paved15% 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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