Mill Hill & Teardrop Trail via Trexler Border Trail is a 3.2-mile out-and-back in Trexler Nature Preserve near Bittners Corner, PA. The route reaches Mill Hill at the turnaround, 1.6 miles in. It climbs 700 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 50/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi397 – 735 ft · steepest grade: 24%3.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Bird Watching Trail 40.65508, -75.62529
Nearest town Bittners Corner, PA
Directions
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Mill Hill & Teardrop Trail via Trexler Border Trail
3.2 mi · ▲ 700 ft · 1 hr 25 min
Elevation 396–734 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 Bird Watching Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Park Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Trexler Border Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Brian's Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Teardrop Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Broken Arrow Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Teardrop Trail, heading N.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Broken Arrow Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftReach Mill Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Teardrop Trail, heading NE.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Broken Arrow Trail, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Teardrop Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Brian's Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Trexler Border Trail, heading SW.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Park Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bird Watching Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
24% gravel12% dirt64% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:30 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.2 mi in (~39 min). Leave by 6:31 PM for the 7:30 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:20 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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