# Hilltop Reservation

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The '''Hilltop Reservation''' is a nature preserve located in [Essex County, New Jersey](/source/Essex_County%2C_New_Jersey), in the host communities of [Caldwell](/source/Caldwell%2C_New_Jersey), [Cedar Grove](/source/Cedar_Grove%2C_New_Jersey), [North Caldwell](/source/North_Caldwell%2C_New_Jersey) and [Verona](/source/Verona%2C_New_Jersey). It has over {{convert|200|acre|km2}}, and is the most recent addition to the Essex County Park System. It is composed of lands formerly occupied by the Essex Mountain Sanatorium, a hospital center originally constructed in the early 1900s to treat tuberculosis patients.

Hilltop Reservation is located on the Second Watchung Mountain, one of three [Watchung Mountains](/source/Watchung_Mountains) which are long, low ridges of volcanic origin in northern New Jersey.

== History ==

The land was designated a Conservation Easement in 2001 by the [New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection](/source/New_Jersey_Department_of_Environmental_Protection), permanently dedicating it for conservation and passive recreation purposes, and thereby protecting it from any future development.

In 2003, additional area was dedicated, bringing the Reservation's total to {{convert|284.16|acre|km2}}. This addition to the county's official New Jersey Green Acres Recreation and Open Space Inventory brings the current total area of the [Essex County Park System](/source/Essex_County_Park_System) to {{convert|6010.52|acre|km2}}.

== Hilltop Conservancy ==

The Hilltop Conservancy is a local group dedicated to the preservation of this area.

== References ==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.HilltopConservancy.org Hilltop Conservancy]

{{Essex County Parks, New Jersey}}

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Category:Protected areas of Essex County, New Jersey
Category:Watchung Mountains

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