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Trexler Nature Preserve

Trexler Border Viewpoint & Trexler Border Trail

5.8 mi · ▲ 1,229 ft · 2 hr 33 min

Trexler Border Viewpoint & Trexler Border Trail is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Trexler Nature Preserve near Weidasville, PA. The route reaches Trexler Border Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.9 miles in. It climbs 1,229 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 52/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi384 – 719 ft · steepest grade: 22%6.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.64144, -75.62628
Nearest town Weidasville, PA
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Trexler Border Viewpoint & Trexler Border Trail

5.8 mi · ▲ 1,229 ft · 2 hr 33 min

Elevation 384–717 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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.3 miTurn left onto Trexler Border Trail, heading NW.
  3. 250 ftBear right onto Covered Bridge Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left onto Bird Watching Trail, heading W.
  5. 450 ftContinue straight onto Trexler Border Trail / Bird Watching Trail, heading W.
  6. 0.3 miTurn left onto Trexler Border Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.7 miBear right, heading SW.
  8. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  9. 0.1 miBear right onto Brian's Trail, heading SW.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Teardrop Trail, heading SW.
  11. 250 ftSharp left, heading N.
  12. 50 ftSharp right onto Brian's Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Buck Run Trail, heading NE.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Brian's Trail, heading NE.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto Buck Run Trail, heading NE.
  16. 100 ftContinue straight onto Brian's Trail, heading NE.
  17. 50 ftContinue straight onto Buck Run Trail, heading NE.
  18. 50 ftTurn right onto Brian's Trail, heading N.
  19. 50 ftBear right onto Buck Run Trail, heading N.
  20. 450 ftContinue straight onto Trexler Border Trail, heading NW.
  21. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  22. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  23. 0.1 miReach Trexler Border Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  24. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  25. 350 ftBear left, heading N.
  26. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Buck Run Trail, heading SE.
  27. 450 ftBear left onto Brian's Trail, heading S.
  28. 50 ftTurn left onto Buck Run Trail, heading S.
  29. 50 ftContinue straight onto Brian's Trail, heading S.
  30. 50 ftContinue straight onto Buck Run Trail, heading S.
  31. 100 ftContinue straight onto Brian's Trail, heading S.
  32. 50 ftContinue straight onto Buck Run Trail, heading S.
  33. 50 ftContinue straight onto Brian's Trail, heading S.
  34. 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
  35. 50 ftSharp right onto Teardrop Trail, heading S.
  36. 250 ftContinue straight onto Brian's Trail, heading S.
  37. 50 ftBear left onto Trexler Border Trail, heading S.
  38. 0.9 miTurn right onto Trexler Border Trail / Bird Watching Trail, heading E.
  39. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Bird Watching Trail, heading NE.
  40. 450 ftTurn right onto Covered Bridge Trail, heading SW.
  41. 0.3 miBear left onto Trexler Border Trail, heading E.
  42. 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  43. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/trexler-border-viewpoint-trexler-border-trail-out-back-9-km

Trail surface

13% dirt2% gravel85% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:30 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.0 mi in (~57 min). Leave by 6:13 PM for the 7:30 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:41 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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