Trexler Border Viewpoint & Trexler Nature Trail via Trexler Border Trail is a 5.6-mile out-and-back in Trexler Nature Preserve near Kernsville, PA. The route reaches Trexler Border Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.8 miles in. It climbs 852 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 40/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Trexler Border Viewpoint & Trexler Nature Trail via Trexler Border Trail
5.6 mi · ▲ 852 ft · 2 hr 18 min
Elevation 382–681 ft
Out & Back · Trexler Nature Preserve
Trailhead: 40.63674, -75.61434
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Trexler Border Trail, heading NE.
- 1.3 miSharp left onto Trexler Nature Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Covered Bridge Trail, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Park Road / Covered Bridge Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Park Road, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Trexler Border Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftReach Trexler Border Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Park Road, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Bird Watching Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Park Road / Covered Bridge Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Covered Bridge Trail, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Trexler Nature Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Trexler Border Trail, heading E.
- 2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.9 mi in (~51 min). Leave by 6:19 PM for the 7:30 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:31 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Trexler Border Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 222 ft
- Trexler Border Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 250 ft
- Trexler Border Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 331 ft
- Trexler Border Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 273 ft
- Trexler Border Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 382 ft
- Trexler Nature Trail via Trexler Border Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 631 ft
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