Trexler Nature Preserve
Elk Viewing Viewpoint & Boy Scout Trail via Elk Viewing Trail
2.4 mi · ▲ 686 ft · 1 hr 9 min
Elk Viewing Viewpoint & Boy Scout Trail via Elk Viewing Trail is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Trexler Nature Preserve near Bittners Corner, PA. The route reaches Elk Viewing Viewpoint. It climbs 686 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 31/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Elk Viewing Viewpoint & Boy Scout Trail via Elk Viewing Trail
2.4 mi · ▲ 686 ft · 1 hr 9 min
Elevation 382–738 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 ftSharp left onto Park Road / Covered Bridge Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Elk Viewing Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miPass Elk Viewing Viewpoint.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Boy Scout Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miReach Elk Viewing Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Elk Viewing Trail, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Park Road / Covered Bridge Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Park Road, heading S.
- 200 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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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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