Kidspeace Drive & Trexler Nature Trail via Trexler Border Trail is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in Trexler Nature Preserve near Bittners Corner, PA. It climbs 564 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 34/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi384 – 682 ft · steepest grade: 18%3.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Bird Watching Trail 40.65508, -75.62529
Nearest town Bittners Corner, PA
Directions
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Kidspeace Drive & Trexler Nature Trail via Trexler Border Trail
3.1 mi · ▲ 564 ft · 1 hr 19 min
Elevation 382–681 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 right onto Covered Bridge Trail, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Trexler Nature Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Trexler Border Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miSharp left onto Kidspeace Drive, heading SE.
- 0.2 miReach Trexler Nature Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Trexler Border Trail, heading S.
- 0.8 miSharp left onto Trexler Nature Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Covered Bridge Trail, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Park Road / Covered Bridge Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Park Road, heading W.
- 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
4% paved2% boardwalk1% dirt93% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:30 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~26 min). Leave by 6:44 PM for the 7:30 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:04 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Bird Watching Trail Trailhead
- Trexler Border Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 531 ft
- Trexler Border Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 601 ft
- Elk Viewing Viewpoint & Boy Scout Trail via Elk Viewing Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 686 ft
- Trexler Border Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 615 ft
- Trexler Border Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 685 ft
- Covered Bridge Trail & Trexler Border Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 375 ft
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