Trexler Nature Trail via Trexler Border Trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Trexler Nature Preserve near Kernsville, PA. It climbs 631 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 39/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi390 – 682 ft · steepest grade: 16%5.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.63674, -75.61434
Nearest town Kernsville, PA
Directions
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Trexler Nature Trail via Trexler Border Trail
4.9 mi · ▲ 631 ft · 1 hr 57 min
Elevation 391–681 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.
- 50 ftReach Trexler Nature Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Trexler Nature Trail, heading W.
- 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.
Trail surface
100% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:30 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.9 mi in (~53 min). Leave by 6:17 PM for the 7:30 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:34 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 Border Viewpoint & Trexler Nature Trail via Trexler Border Trail 5.6 mi · ▲ 852 ft
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