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Trexler Nature Preserve

Trexler Border Trail

4.1 mi · ▲ 921 ft · 1 hr 50 min

Trexler Border Trail is a 4.1-mile out-and-back in Trexler Nature Preserve near Weidasville, PA. It climbs 921 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 54/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi381 – 614 ft · steepest grade: 19%4.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Covered Bridge Trail 40.64693, -75.62329
Nearest town Weidasville, PA
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Trexler Border Trail

4.1 mi · ▲ 921 ft · 1 hr 50 min

Elevation 380–612 ft

Out & Back · Trexler Nature Preserve

Trailhead: Covered Bridge Trail · 40.64693, -75.62329

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Covered Bridge Trail, heading N.
  2. 0.5 miTurn left onto Park Road, heading NW.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right onto Trexler Border Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.7 miBear right, heading SW.
  5. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  6. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  7. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  8. 100 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  9. 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
  10. 0.8 miTurn left onto Park Road, heading S.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bird Watching Trail, heading S.
  12. 0.3 miTurn right onto Covered Bridge Trail, heading NW.
  13. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/trexler-border-trail-out-back-7-km-f396

Trail surface

5% paved95% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:30 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~23 min). Leave by 6:47 PM for the 7:30 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:03 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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