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Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center

Henry's Woods Trail (orange blazed)–Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed), 3 sights

4.9 mi · ▲ 524 ft · 1 hr 54 min

Henry's Woods Trail (orange blazed)–Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed), 3 sights is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center near Filetown, PA. It climbs 524 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi413 – 591 ft · steepest grade: 15%5.3 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)–Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed), 3 sights

4.9 mi · ▲ 524 ft · 1 hr 54 min

Elevation 414–591 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. 0.1 miBear right onto Henry's Woods Trail (orange blazed), heading W.
  6. 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
  7. 300 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  8. 300 ftReach Sober's Run Connector Trail (yellow/green blazed), then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 250 ftBear right, heading N.
  10. 0.5 miBear left onto Homestead Trail (blue blazed), heading E.
  11. 0.2 miSharp left onto Henry's Woods Trail (Orange Blazed), heading S.
  12. 100 ftBear right onto Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed), heading S.
  13. 1.2 miBear right onto Sober's Run Connector Trail (yellow/green blazed), heading W.
  14. 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-jacobsburg-trail-red-blazed-out-back-3-sights-8-km

Trail surface

4% grass1% boardwalk95% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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