2025-04-09 13 51 27 Panoramic view south from the lawn next to the Trexler Environmental Center within the Trexler Nature Preserve in North Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.jpg
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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.

Elevation

0 mi384 – 682 ft · steepest grade: 18%5.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.63674, -75.61434
Nearest town Kernsville, PA

Directions

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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Trexler Border Trail, heading NE.
  3. 1.3 miSharp left onto Trexler Nature Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.4 miTurn right onto Covered Bridge Trail, heading SW.
  5. 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
  6. 150 ftTurn left onto Park Road / Covered Bridge Trail, heading W.
  7. 50 ftSharp right onto Park Road, heading W.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left onto Trexler Border Trail, heading S.
  9. 50 ftReach Trexler Border Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 50 ftTurn right onto Park Road, heading S.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bird Watching Trail, heading S.
  12. 0.3 miSharp left onto Park Road / Covered Bridge Trail, heading NE.
  13. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  14. 150 ftTurn right onto Covered Bridge Trail, heading NE.
  15. 100 ftTurn left onto Trexler Nature Trail, heading NE.
  16. 0.4 miSharp right onto Trexler Border Trail, heading E.
  17. 2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

3% paved1% boardwalk1% dirt95% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:30 PM

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.

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