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 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

  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. 50 ftReach Trexler Nature Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 50 ftTurn left onto Trexler Nature Trail, heading W.
  7. 0.4 miSharp right onto Trexler Border Trail, heading E.
  8. 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.

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