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Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center

Ballas Viewpoint–Ballas Trail, 6 sights

11 mi · ▲ 705 ft · 4 hr 1 min

Ballas Viewpoint–Ballas Trail, 6 sights is an 11-mile out-and-back in Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center near Boulton, PA. The route reaches Ballas Viewpoint at the turnaround, 5.5 miles in. It climbs 705 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi413 – 686 ft · steepest grade: 15%11.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Henry's Woods Trail (orange blazed) 40.78183, -75.29427
Nearest town Boulton, PA
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Ballas Viewpoint–Ballas Trail, 6 sights

11 mi · ▲ 705 ft · 4 hr 1 min

Elevation 414–687 ft

Out & Back · Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center

Trailhead: Henry's Woods Trail (orange blazed) · 40.78183, -75.29427

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Henry's Woods Trail (orange blazed), heading SW.
  2. 300 ftBear right, heading S.
  3. 0.5 miBear left onto Homestead Trail (blue blazed), heading S.
  4. 0.2 miSharp left onto Henry's Woods Trail (Orange Blazed), heading SE.
  5. 100 ftBear right onto Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed), heading SE.
  6. 1.2 miBear right onto Sober's Run Connector Trail (yellow/green blazed), heading W.
  7. 0.8 miBear right onto Sober's Run Main Loop Trail (green blazed), heading SE.
  8. 0.4 miTurn right onto Bushkill Township Trail, heading NW.
  9. 1.9 miTurn right, heading N.
  10. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Ballas Trail, heading SE.
  11. 0.3 miReach Ballas Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.6 miTurn left onto Bushkill Township Trail, heading NW.
  13. 1.9 miTurn left onto Sober's Run Main Loop Trail (green blazed), heading S.
  14. 0.4 miBear left onto Sober's Run Connector Trail (yellow/green blazed), heading SE.
  15. 0.8 miBear left onto Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed), heading E.
  16. 1.2 miBear left onto Henry's Woods Trail (Orange Blazed), heading S.
  17. 100 ftSharp right onto Homestead Trail (blue blazed), heading S.
  18. 0.2 miBear right onto Henry's Woods Trail (orange blazed), heading S.
  19. 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
  20. 300 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  21. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/ballas-viewpoint-ballas-trail-out-back-6-sights-18-km

Trail surface

35% gravel6% dirt6% paved1% boardwalk52% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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