Elk Viewing Viewpoint–Boy Scout Trail, 4 sights is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in Trexler Nature Preserve near Schnecksville, PA. The route reaches Elk Viewing Viewpoint. It climbs 871 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 34/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi390 – 738 ft · steepest grade: 20%3.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Trexler Border Trail 40.65616, -75.61574
Nearest town Schnecksville, PA
Directions
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Elk Viewing Viewpoint–Boy Scout Trail, 4 sights
3.1 mi · ▲ 871 ft · 1 hr 28 min
Elevation 391–738 ft
Out & Back · Trexler Nature Preserve
Trailhead: Trexler Border Trail · 40.65616, -75.61574
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Trexler Border Trail, heading S.
- 300 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Trexler Nature Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Covered Bridge Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Elk Viewing Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miPass Elk Viewing Viewpoint.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Boy Scout Trail, heading NW.
- 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 miContinue straight onto Covered Bridge Trail, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Trexler Nature Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Trexler Border Trail, heading E.
- 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 surface
29% dirt71% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:30 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 7:05 PM for the 7:30 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:54 PM — 4 min before dark.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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