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Trexler Nature Preserve

Trexler Nature Trail & Turkey Ridge Trail via Trexler Border Trail

5.6 mi · ▲ 1,213 ft · 2 hr 28 min

Trexler Nature Trail & Turkey Ridge Trail via Trexler Border Trail is a 5.6-mile out-and-back in Trexler Nature Preserve near Shankweilers, PA. It climbs 1,213 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 42/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi384 – 728 ft · steepest grade: 19%6.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Kidspeace Drive 40.64647, -75.61457
Nearest town Shankweilers, PA
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Trexler Nature Trail & Turkey Ridge Trail via Trexler Border Trail

5.6 mi · ▲ 1,213 ft · 2 hr 28 min

Elevation 382–727 ft

Out & Back · Trexler Nature Preserve

Trailhead: Kidspeace Drive · 40.64647, -75.61457

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Trexler Border Trail, heading N.
  2. 0.9 miSharp left onto Trexler Nature Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right onto Covered Bridge Trail, heading N.
  4. 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 200 ftTurn left onto Park Road / Covered Bridge Trail, heading W.
  6. 50 ftSharp right onto Park Road, heading SW.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right onto Trexler Border Trail, heading SE.
  8. 0.7 miBear right, heading SW.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  10. 0.1 miBear right onto Brian's Trail, heading SW.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Teardrop Trail, heading SW.
  12. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Turkey Ridge Trail, heading NW.
  13. 0.3 miReach Trexler Nature Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Teardrop Trail, heading N.
  15. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Brian's Trail, heading SW.
  16. 50 ftBear left onto Trexler Border Trail, heading SW.
  17. 0.9 miTurn left onto Park Road, heading NE.
  18. 50 ftContinue straight onto Bird Watching Trail, heading NE.
  19. 0.3 miSharp left onto Park Road / Covered Bridge Trail, heading S.
  20. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  21. 150 ftTurn right onto Covered Bridge Trail, heading S.
  22. 100 ftTurn left onto Trexler Nature Trail, heading S.
  23. 0.4 miSharp right onto Trexler Border Trail, heading SE.
  24. 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

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

Trail surface

12% dirt3% paved2% gravel1% boardwalk82% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:30 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~18 min). Leave by 6:52 PM for the 7:30 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:02 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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