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Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center

Henry's Woods Trail (orange blazed) & Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed)

5.2 mi · ▲ 402 ft · 1 hr 56 min

Henry's Woods Trail (orange blazed) & Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed) is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center near Filetown, PA. It climbs 402 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi413 – 568 ft5.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.78815, -75.29776
Nearest town Filetown, PA
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Henry's Woods Trail (orange blazed) & Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed)

5.2 mi · ▲ 402 ft · 1 hr 56 min

Elevation 414–567 ft

Out & Back · Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center

Trailhead: 40.78815, -75.29776

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 500 ftContinue straight onto Homestead Trail (blue blazed), heading E.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  4. 300 ftBear left, heading S.
  5. 50 ftTurn right onto Henry's Woods Trail (orange blazed), heading S.
  6. 0.7 miSharp left onto Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed), heading SE.
  7. 1.3 miReach Henry's Woods Trail (orange blazed), then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 1.5 miBear left onto Henry's Woods Trail (Orange Blazed), heading SE.
  9. 100 ftSharp right onto Homestead Trail (blue blazed), heading SW.
  10. 0.2 miBear right onto Henry's Woods Trail (orange blazed), heading S.
  11. 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
  12. 250 ftTurn right, heading W.
  13. 0.1 miTurn left onto Homestead Trail (blue blazed), heading SW.
  14. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  15. 0.3 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/henrys-woods-trail-orange-blazed-henrys-woods-trail-orange-blazed-out-back-4-sights-8-km

Trail surface

8% gravel2% paved1% boardwalk89% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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