Half-Pipe & Jack O' Diamonds Loop via Trexler Border Trail is a 1.9-mile loop in Trexler Nature Preserve near Bittners Corner, PA. It climbs 362 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade. It scores 45/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi466 – 732 ft · steepest grade: 27%2.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.66960, -75.63402
Nearest town Bittners Corner, PA
Directions
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Half-Pipe & Jack O' Diamonds Loop via Trexler Border Trail
1.9 mi · ▲ 362 ft · 49 min
Elevation 465–732 ft
Loop · Trexler Nature Preserve
Trailhead: 40.66960, -75.63402
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Trexler Border Trail, heading W.
- 400 ftBear right onto Jack O' Diamonds, heading W.
- 450 ftBear left, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Trexler Border Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 350 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Buck Run Trail, heading S.
- 450 ftSharp left onto Brian's Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Half-Pipe, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear right onto Brian's Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Half-Pipe, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Brian's Trail, heading N.
- 350 ftSharp left onto Half-Pipe, heading NE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Brian's Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Half-Pipe, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear left onto Brian's Trail, heading W.
- 200 ftSharp right onto Half-Pipe, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Jack O' Diamonds, heading NE.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Trexler Border Trail, heading NW.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
39% dirt61% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:30 PM
More from this trailhead
- Trexler Border Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 168 ft
- Covered Bridge Trail & Jack O' Diamonds via Trexler Border Trail 5.5 mi · ▲ 1,167 ft
- Jack O' Diamonds & Trexler Border Trail 6.6 mi · ▲ 1,318 ft
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