Trexler Nature Preserve
Trexler Border Viewpoint & Trexler Border Trail
2 mi · ▲ 260 ft · 48 min
Trexler Border Viewpoint & Trexler Border Trail is a 2-mile out-and-back in Trexler Nature Preserve near Weidasville, PA. The route reaches Trexler Border Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1 miles in. It climbs 260 ft. It scores 50/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Trexler Border Viewpoint & Trexler Border Trail
2 mi · ▲ 260 ft · 48 min
Elevation 407–608 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 miSharp right onto Trexler Border Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftReach Trexler Border Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Trexler Border Trail / Bird Watching Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Trexler Border Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~26 min). Leave by 6:45 PM for the 7:30 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:08 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
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- Trexler Border Trail & Turkey Ridge Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 813 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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