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Trexler Nature Preserve

Mill Hill–Half-Pipe, 5 sights

5.6 mi · ▲ 891 ft · 2 hr 19 min

Mill Hill–Half-Pipe, 5 sights is a 5.6-mile out-and-back in Trexler Nature Preserve near Weidasville, PA. The route reaches Mill Hill. It climbs 891 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade. It scores 45/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi384 – 742 ft · steepest grade: 26%6.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.64144, -75.62628
Nearest town Weidasville, PA
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Mill Hill–Half-Pipe, 5 sights

5.6 mi · ▲ 891 ft · 2 hr 19 min

Elevation 384–743 ft

Out & Back · Trexler Nature Preserve

Trailhead: 40.64144, -75.62628

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.3 miTurn left onto Trexler Border Trail, heading NW.
  3. 250 ftBear right onto Covered Bridge Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left onto Bird Watching Trail, heading W.
  5. 450 ftContinue straight onto Trexler Border Trail / Bird Watching Trail, heading W.
  6. 0.3 miTurn left onto Trexler Border Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.7 miBear right, heading SW.
  8. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  9. 0.1 miBear right onto Brian's Trail, heading SW.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Teardrop Trail, heading SW.
  11. 0.4 miTurn left onto Broken Arrow Trail, heading N.
  12. 100 ftContinue straight onto Teardrop Trail, heading N.
  13. 50 ftPass Mill Hill.
  14. 350 ftContinue straight onto Broken Arrow Trail, heading NE.
  15. 150 ftTurn right onto Half-Pipe, heading NE.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Teardrop Trail, heading NE.
  17. 250 ftContinue straight onto Half-Pipe, heading NE.
  18. 50 ftContinue straight onto Teardrop Trail, heading NE.
  19. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Hunsicker Valley Trail, heading W.
  20. 250 ftContinue straight onto Trexler Border Trail, heading N.
  21. 250 ftReach Mill Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  22. 250 ftContinue straight onto Hunsicker Valley Trail, heading N.
  23. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Teardrop Trail, heading N.
  24. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Half-Pipe, heading N.
  25. 50 ftContinue straight onto Teardrop Trail, heading N.
  26. 250 ftContinue straight onto Half-Pipe, heading NE.
  27. 50 ftTurn left onto Broken Arrow Trail, heading NE.
  28. 150 ftContinue straight onto Teardrop Trail, heading NE.
  29. 400 ftContinue straight onto Broken Arrow Trail, heading S.
  30. 150 ftTurn right onto Teardrop Trail, heading S.
  31. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Brian's Trail, heading SE.
  32. 50 ftBear left onto Trexler Border Trail, heading SE.
  33. 0.9 miTurn right onto Trexler Border Trail / Bird Watching Trail, heading NE.
  34. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Bird Watching Trail, heading E.
  35. 450 ftTurn right onto Covered Bridge Trail, heading NE.
  36. 0.3 miBear left onto Trexler Border Trail, heading S.
  37. 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
  38. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/mill-hill-half-pipe-out-back-5-sights-9-km

Trail surface

21% gravel8% dirt71% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:30 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.9 mi in (~57 min). Leave by 6:13 PM for the 7:30 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:42 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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