Wooden Bridge–Boogaloo, 3 sights
5.7 mi · ▲ 734 ft · 2 hr 16 min
Wooden Bridge–Boogaloo, 3 sights is a 5.7-mile out-and-back in Hilltop Reservation near Verona, NJ. The route reaches Wooden Bridge at the turnaround, 2.8 miles in. It climbs 734 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Wooden Bridge–Boogaloo, 3 sights
5.7 mi · ▲ 734 ft · 2 hr 16 min
Elevation 261–681 ft
Out & Back · Hilltop Reservation
Trailhead: 40.84044, -74.25601
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:29 AM · sunset 7:25 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Old Hilltop Trail, heading NE.
- 500 ftBear right onto Peace Trail, heading E.
- 400 ftBear right onto Arrowhead Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Peace Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Old Hilltop Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto C-29 Trail, heading NW.
- 450 ftBear left onto Old Hilltop Trail, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Peace Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Old Hilltop Trail, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear left onto Spruce Trail - Inner Loop, heading NE.
- 100 ftSharp right onto Endor, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 200 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right onto Lenape Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Endor, heading NE.
- 200 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Boogaloo, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto West Essex Trail, heading SE.
- 250 ftBear left onto Boogaloo, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto West Essex Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Disco Stu, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto West Essex/Roller Connector, heading E.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Disco Stu, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Tenacious SOBs, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Disco Stu, heading E.
- 150 ftSharp left onto Powerline Trail, heading E.
- 100 ftSharp right onto Inscription Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miReach Wooden Bridge, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Powerline Trail, heading NE.
- 100 ftSharp right onto Disco Stu, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left onto Tenacious SOBs, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Disco Stu, heading NE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto West Essex/Roller Connector, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Disco Stu, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto West Essex Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Boogaloo, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto West Essex Trail, heading E.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Boogaloo, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Endor, heading S.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Lenape Trail, heading SW.
- 500 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Endor, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Spruce Trail - Inner Loop, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear right onto Old Hilltop Trail, heading SW.
- 300 ftBear left onto Peace Trail, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Old Hilltop Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto C-29 Trail, heading SW.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Old Hilltop Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Peace Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Arrowhead Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Peace Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftBear left onto Old Hilltop Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Lenape Trail, heading N.
- 50 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 (~5 min). Leave by 7:00 PM for the 7:25 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:46 PM — 7 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
More from this trailhead
- Peace Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 339 ft
- C-29 Trail–Old Hilltop Trail, 3 sights 2.1 mi · ▲ 280 ft
- C-29 Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 222 ft
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