Schantz Hill–View Point, 4 sights is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Trexler Nature Preserve near Weidasville, PA. The route passes Schantz Hill before reaching View Point at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It climbs 733 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 32/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi384 – 742 ft · steepest grade: 19%4.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.64144, -75.62628
Nearest town Weidasville, PA
Directions
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Schantz Hill–View Point, 4 sights
4.5 mi · ▲ 733 ft · 1 hr 52 min
Elevation 382–741 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
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Trexler Border Trail, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear right onto Covered Bridge Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Park Road / Covered Bridge Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Covered Bridge Trail, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Trexler Nature Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Trexler Border Trail, heading E.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftPass View Point.
- 250 ftReach Schantz Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Trexler Nature Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Covered Bridge Trail, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Park Road / Covered Bridge Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Covered Bridge Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Trexler Border Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 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
2% boardwalk1% dirt97% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:30 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~36 min). Leave by 6:34 PM for the 7:30 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:19 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Trexler Border Viewpoint & Trexler Border Trail 5.8 mi · ▲ 1,229 ft
- Covered Bridge Trail–Trexler Border Trail, 3 sights 6.2 mi · ▲ 753 ft
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