Fireman's Trail–Trexler Nature Trail, 3 sights is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Trexler Nature Preserve near Schnecksville, PA. It climbs 1,292 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 46/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi384 – 728 ft · steepest grade: 23%5.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.65517, -75.61456
Nearest town Schnecksville, PA
Directions
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Fireman's Trail–Trexler Nature Trail, 3 sights
4.5 mi · ▲ 1,292 ft · 2 hr 9 min
Elevation 382–727 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
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 300 ftSharp right onto Trexler Border Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Trexler Nature Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Covered Bridge Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Park Road / Covered Bridge Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Park Road, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Trexler Border Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Brian's Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Teardrop Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Turkey Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Fireman's Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miReach Trexler Nature Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Turkey Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Teardrop Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Brian's Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Trexler Border Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Park Road, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bird Watching Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Park Road / Covered Bridge Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Covered Bridge Trail, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Trexler Nature Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Trexler Border Trail, heading E.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 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
25% dirt3% paved3% gravel1% boardwalk68% 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 7:07 PM for the 7:30 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:49 PM — 9 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Covered Bridge Trail–Spur Trail, 3 sights 1.9 mi · ▲ 311 ft
- Kidspeace Drive via Trexler Border Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 308 ft
- Elk Viewing Viewpoint–Boy Scout Trail, 4 sights 3.1 mi · ▲ 871 ft
- Brian's Trail–Half-Pipe, 3 sights 5 mi · ▲ 1,177 ft
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