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Trexler Nature Preserve

Brian's Trail–Half-Pipe, 3 sights

5 mi · ▲ 1,177 ft · 2 hr 15 min

Brian's Trail–Half-Pipe, 3 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in Trexler Nature Preserve near Schnecksville, PA. It climbs 1,177 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 52/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi384 – 705 ft · steepest grade: 20%6.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.65517, -75.61456
Nearest town Schnecksville, PA
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Brian's Trail–Half-Pipe, 3 sights

5 mi · ▲ 1,177 ft · 2 hr 15 min

Elevation 382–705 ft

Out & Back · Trexler Nature Preserve

Trailhead: 40.65517, -75.61456

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 300 ftSharp right onto Trexler Border Trail, heading N.
  3. 50 ftSharp left onto Trexler Nature Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.4 miTurn right onto Covered Bridge Trail, heading N.
  5. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  6. 150 ftTurn left onto Park Road / Covered Bridge Trail, heading W.
  7. 50 ftSharp right onto Park Road, heading W.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right onto Trexler Border Trail, heading SE.
  9. 0.7 miBear right, heading SW.
  10. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  11. 0.1 miBear right onto Brian's Trail, heading SW.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Teardrop Trail, heading SW.
  13. 250 ftSharp left, heading N.
  14. 50 ftSharp right onto Brian's Trail, heading N.
  15. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Buck Run Trail, heading N.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Brian's Trail, heading N.
  17. 50 ftContinue straight onto Buck Run Trail, heading NE.
  18. 100 ftContinue straight onto Brian's Trail, heading NE.
  19. 50 ftContinue straight onto Buck Run Trail, heading NE.
  20. 50 ftTurn right onto Brian's Trail, heading NE.
  21. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Half-Pipe, heading W.
  22. 450 ftContinue straight onto Brian's Trail, heading NW.
  23. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Half-Pipe, heading N.
  24. 100 ftBear left onto Brian's Trail, heading N.
  25. 0.1 miReach Trexler Nature Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  26. 0.1 miBear right onto Half-Pipe, heading SE.
  27. 100 ftContinue straight onto Brian's Trail, heading E.
  28. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Half-Pipe, heading N.
  29. 450 ftContinue straight onto Brian's Trail, heading W.
  30. 0.1 miTurn left onto Buck Run Trail, heading N.
  31. 50 ftContinue straight onto Brian's Trail, heading N.
  32. 50 ftContinue straight onto Buck Run Trail, heading N.
  33. 100 ftContinue straight onto Brian's Trail, heading S.
  34. 50 ftContinue straight onto Buck Run Trail, heading S.
  35. 50 ftContinue straight onto Brian's Trail, heading S.
  36. 0.3 miSharp left, heading SW.
  37. 50 ftSharp right onto Teardrop Trail, heading SW.
  38. 250 ftContinue straight onto Brian's Trail, heading NW.
  39. 50 ftBear left onto Trexler Border Trail, heading NW.
  40. 0.9 miTurn left onto Park Road, heading S.
  41. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bird Watching Trail, heading S.
  42. 0.3 miSharp left onto Park Road / Covered Bridge Trail, heading SE.
  43. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  44. 150 ftTurn right onto Covered Bridge Trail, heading NE.
  45. 150 ftTurn left onto Trexler Nature Trail, heading E.
  46. 0.4 miSharp right onto Trexler Border Trail, heading S.
  47. 100 ftSharp left, heading S.
  48. 50 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/brians-trail-half-pipe-out-back-3-sights-8-km

Trail surface

34% dirt3% paved2% gravel1% boardwalk60% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:30 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 7:08 PM for the 7:30 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:49 PM — 9 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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