Trexler Border Trail & Turkey Ridge Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Trexler Nature Preserve near Weidasville, PA. It climbs 813 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 50/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi397 – 728 ft · steepest grade: 20%5.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.64144, -75.62628
Nearest town Weidasville, PA
Directions
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Trexler Border Trail & Turkey Ridge Trail
4.5 mi · ▲ 813 ft · 1 hr 54 min
Elevation 396–727 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.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Trexler Border Trail / Bird Watching Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Trexler Border Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Brian's Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Teardrop Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Turkey Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miReach Trexler Border Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Teardrop Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Brian's Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Trexler Border Trail, heading SW.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Trexler Border Trail / Bird Watching Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Trexler Border Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
14% dirt3% gravel83% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:30 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.0 mi in (~58 min). Leave by 6:12 PM for the 7:30 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:40 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Trexler Border Viewpoint & Trexler Border Trail 2 mi · ▲ 260 ft
- Schantz Hill–View Point, 4 sights 4.5 mi · ▲ 733 ft
- Mill Hill–Half-Pipe, 5 sights 5.6 mi · ▲ 891 ft
- 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
- Fireman's Trail–Trexler Border Trail, 3 sights 7.1 mi · ▲ 1,147 ft
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