Trexler Border Viewpoint via Trexler Border Trail is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Trexler Nature Preserve near Bittners Corner, PA. The route reaches Trexler Border Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.3 miles in. It climbs 708 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 56/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi397 – 614 ft · steepest grade: 23%2.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Winchester Road 40.65935, -75.63827
Nearest town Bittners Corner, PA
Directions
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Trexler Border Viewpoint via Trexler Border Trail
2.6 mi · ▲ 708 ft · 1 hr 13 min
Elevation 396–612 ft
Out & Back · Trexler Nature Preserve
Trailhead: Winchester Road · 40.65935, -75.63827
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Trexler Border Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.8 miReach Trexler Border Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:30 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~45 min). Leave by 6:26 PM for the 7:30 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:26 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Winchester Road Trailhead
- Trexler Border Viewpoint–Half-Pipe Loop, 3 sights 1.9 mi · ▲ 394 ft
- Half-Pipe–Hunsicker Valley Trail Loop, 4 sights 2.1 mi · ▲ 376 ft
- Trexler Border Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 824 ft
- Trexler Border Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 868 ft
- Trexler Border Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 765 ft
- Trexler Border Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 868 ft
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