Trexler Nature Preserve
Covered Bridge Trail & Trexler Border Trail
2.8 mi · ▲ 375 ft · 1 hr 7 min
Covered Bridge Trail & Trexler Border Trail is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Trexler Nature Preserve near Bittners Corner, PA. It climbs 375 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 50/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Covered Bridge Trail & Trexler Border Trail
2.8 mi · ▲ 375 ft · 1 hr 7 min
Elevation 369–604 ft
Out & Back · Trexler Nature Preserve
Trailhead: Bird Watching Trail · 40.65508, -75.62529
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Park Road, heading SE.
- 350 ftBear right onto Covered Bridge Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Trexler Border Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miReach Covered Bridge Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Trexler Border Trail / Bird Watching Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Bird Watching Trail, heading NW.
- 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.
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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~9 min). Leave by 7:01 PM for the 7:30 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:58 PM — 0 min before dark.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Bird Watching Trail Trailhead
- Trexler Border Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 531 ft
- Trexler Border Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 601 ft
- Elk Viewing Viewpoint & Boy Scout Trail via Elk Viewing Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 686 ft
- Trexler Border Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 615 ft
- Trexler Border Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 685 ft
- Trexler Border Trail & Trexler Nature Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 697 ft
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