Trexler Border Trail is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Trexler Nature Preserve near Schnecksville, PA. It climbs 1,246 ft, with sections as steep as 30% grade. It scores 47/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi384 – 728 ft · steepest grade: 30%4.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Elk Viewing Trail 40.66290, -75.62216
Nearest town Schnecksville, PA
Directions
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Trexler Border Trail
4.4 mi · ▲ 1,246 ft · 2 hr 5 min
Elevation 382–727 ft
Out & Back · Trexler Nature Preserve
Trailhead: Elk Viewing Trail · 40.66290, -75.62216
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Elk Viewing Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Park Road / Covered Bridge Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Park Road, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Trexler Border Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 100 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Park Road, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bird Watching Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Park Road / Covered Bridge Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Elk Viewing Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 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
3% paved1% boardwalk96% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:30 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~26 min). Leave by 6:44 PM for the 7:30 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:16 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Elk Viewing Trail Trailhead
- Covered Bridge Trail via Elk Viewing Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 412 ft
- Trexler Border Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 916 ft
- Trexler Border Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 1,000 ft
- Trexler Border Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 1,162 ft
- Brian's Trail & Half-Pipe via Trexler Border Trail 5.1 mi · ▲ 1,192 ft
- Trexler Border Trail 5.2 mi · ▲ 1,179 ft
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