Half-Pipe & Winchester Road is a 2.3-mile out-and-back in Trexler Nature Preserve near Bittners Corner, PA. It climbs 498 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 62/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi433 – 686 ft · steepest grade: 21%2.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Brian's Trail 40.66421, -75.63355
Nearest town Bittners Corner, PA
Directions
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Half-Pipe & Winchester Road
2.3 mi · ▲ 498 ft · 1 hr 1 min
Elevation 434–685 ft
Out & Back · Trexler Nature Preserve
Trailhead: Brian's Trail · 40.66421, -75.63355
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Brian's Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Half-Pipe, heading S.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Brian's Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Half-Pipe, heading SW.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Brian's Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Buck Run Trail, heading W.
- 450 ftSharp left onto Trexler Border Trail, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Winchester Road, heading W.
- 50 ftReach Half-Pipe, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Trexler Border Trail, heading E.
- 400 ftSharp right onto Buck Run Trail, heading E.
- 450 ftSharp left onto Brian's Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Half-Pipe, heading S.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Brian's Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Half-Pipe, heading N.
- 100 ftBear left onto Brian's Trail, heading N.
- 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
49% dirt45% gravel6% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:30 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Brian's Trail Trailhead
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- Brian's Trail–Half-Pipe, 3 sights 2.3 mi · ▲ 496 ft
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