Trexler Border Trail is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Trexler Nature Preserve near Bittners Corner, PA. It climbs 794 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 55/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi397 – 676 ft · steepest grade: 22%4.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Bird Watching Trail 40.65508, -75.62529
Nearest town Bittners Corner, PA
Directions
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Trexler Border Trail
3.8 mi · ▲ 794 ft · 1 hr 40 min
Elevation 396–677 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.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Brian's Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Buck Run Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Brian's Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Buck Run Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Brian's Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Buck Run Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Brian's Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Buck Run Trail, heading NE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Trexler Border Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 500 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 450 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Buck Run Trail, heading S.
- 450 ftBear left onto Brian's Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Buck Run Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Brian's Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Buck Run Trail, heading S.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Brian's Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Buck Run Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Brian's Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Teardrop Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Brian's Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Trexler Border Trail, heading SE.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Park Road, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bird Watching Trail, heading E.
- 450 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
23% dirt3% gravel74% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:30 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.2 mi in (~41 min). Leave by 6:29 PM for the 7:30 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:21 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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