Turkey Ridge Trail & Winchester Road via Teardrop Trail is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Trexler Nature Preserve near Bittners Corner, PA. It climbs 559 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 57/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi433 – 728 ft · steepest grade: 21%3.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Winchester Road 40.65813, -75.64803
Nearest town Bittners Corner, PA
Directions
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Turkey Ridge Trail & Winchester Road via Teardrop Trail
2.6 mi · ▲ 559 ft · 1 hr 9 min
Elevation 434–727 ft
Out & Back · Trexler Nature Preserve
Trailhead: Winchester Road · 40.65813, -75.64803
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Winchester Road, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Trexler Border Trail, heading N.
- 350 ftSharp right onto Buck Run Trail, heading S.
- 450 ftBear left onto Brian's Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Buck Run Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Brian's Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Buck Run Trail, heading SE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Brian's Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Buck Run Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Brian's Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Buck Run Trail, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Teardrop Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Broken Arrow Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Teardrop Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Turkey Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right onto Broken Arrow Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Turkey Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Teardrop Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Brian's Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Trexler Border Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Winchester Road, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
40% gravel33% dirt27% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:30 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~36 min). Leave by 6:34 PM for the 7:30 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:18 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Winchester Road Trailhead
- Mill Hill & Winchester Road via Trexler Border Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 502 ft
- Hunsicker Valley Trail & Winchester Road via Trexler Border Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 622 ft
- Fireman's Trail–Trexler Border Trail, 3 sights 4.8 mi · ▲ 857 ft
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