Schantz Hill & View Point via Trexler Border Trail is a 1.8-mile out-and-back in Trexler Nature Preserve near Schnecksville, PA. The route passes Schantz Hill before reaching View Point at the turnaround, 0.9 miles in. It climbs 341 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi597 – 742 ft · steepest grade: 18%1.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.65517, -75.61456
Nearest town Schnecksville, PA
Directions
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Schantz Hill & View Point via Trexler Border Trail
1.8 mi · ▲ 341 ft · 46 min
Elevation 596–741 ft
Out & Back · Trexler Nature Preserve
Trailhead: 40.65517, -75.61456
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear right onto Trexler Border Trail, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
- 300 ftReach Schantz Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftPass View Point.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading S.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 150 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
8% gravel92% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:30 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:10 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:30 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:58 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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