Covered Bridge Trail–Trexler Border Trail, 3 sights is a 6.2-mile out-and-back in Trexler Nature Preserve near Weidasville, PA. It climbs 753 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 43/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi384 – 682 ft · steepest grade: 16%6.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.64144, -75.62628
Nearest town Weidasville, PA
Directions
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Covered Bridge Trail–Trexler Border Trail, 3 sights
6.2 mi · ▲ 753 ft · 2 hr 27 min
Elevation 382–681 ft
Out & Back · Trexler Nature Preserve
Trailhead: 40.64144, -75.62628
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Trexler Border Trail, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear right onto Covered Bridge Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Park Road / Covered Bridge Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Covered Bridge Trail, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Trexler Nature Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Trexler Border Trail, heading E.
- 1.8 miReach Covered Bridge Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.8 miSharp left onto Trexler Nature Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Covered Bridge Trail, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Park Road / Covered Bridge Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Covered Bridge Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Trexler Border Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
2% boardwalk1% dirt97% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:30 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.5 mi in (~46 min). Leave by 6:25 PM for the 7:30 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:24 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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