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Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center

Henry's Woods Trail (orange blazed)–Homestead Trail (blue blazed), 4 sights

6 mi · ▲ 481 ft · 2 hr 14 min

Henry's Woods Trail (orange blazed)–Homestead Trail (blue blazed), 4 sights is a 6-mile out-and-back in Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center near Filetown, PA. It climbs 481 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi413 – 610 ft · steepest grade: 15%6.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Sober's Run Connector Trail (yellow/green blazed) 40.79064, -75.30151
Nearest town Filetown, PA
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Henry's Woods Trail (orange blazed)–Homestead Trail (blue blazed), 4 sights

6 mi · ▲ 481 ft · 2 hr 14 min

Elevation 414–610 ft

Out & Back · Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center

Trailhead: Sober's Run Connector Trail (yellow/green blazed) · 40.79064, -75.30151

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Sober's Run Connector Trail (yellow/green blazed), heading N.
  2. 0.5 miBear left onto Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed), heading SE.
  3. 1.2 miBear left onto Henry's Woods Trail (Orange Blazed), heading S.
  4. 150 ftSharp right onto Homestead Trail (blue blazed), heading S.
  5. 0.4 miReach Sober's Run Connector Trail (yellow/green blazed), then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 1.1 miBear left onto Henry's Woods Trail (orange blazed), heading E.
  7. 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
  8. 0.8 miSharp left onto Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed), heading SE.
  9. 1.4 miBear right onto Sober's Run Connector Trail (yellow/green blazed), heading SW.
  10. 0.5 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-5-sights-10-km

Trail surface

12% gravel2% grass1% boardwalk1% paved84% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.9 mi in (~80 min). Leave by 5:49 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:03 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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