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Henry's Woods Trail (orange blazed)–Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed), 4 sights is a 7.6-mile out-and-back in Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center near Filetown, PA. It climbs 683 ft. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi413 – 594 ft8.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.78815, -75.29776
Nearest town Filetown, PA

Directions

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Henry's Woods Trail (orange blazed)–Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed), 4 sights

7.6 mi · ▲ 683 ft · 2 hr 52 min

Elevation 414–594 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. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftTurn left onto Henry's Woods Trail (orange blazed), heading SW.
  6. 0.5 miBear left onto Homestead Trail (blue blazed), heading SE.
  7. 0.1 miSharp left onto Henry's Woods Trail (Orange Blazed), heading E.
  8. 100 ftBear right onto Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed), heading S.
  9. 1.2 miBear right onto Sober's Run Connector Trail (yellow/green blazed), heading NW.
  10. 0.8 miTurn left onto Sober's Run Main Loop Trail (green blazed), heading W.
  11. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
  12. 0.4 miReach Henry's Woods Trail (orange blazed), then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.6 miTurn right onto Sober's Run Connector Trail (yellow/green blazed), heading NW.
  14. 0.8 miBear left onto Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed), heading E.
  15. 1.2 miBear left onto Henry's Woods Trail (Orange Blazed), heading S.
  16. 100 ftSharp right onto Homestead Trail (blue blazed), heading S.
  17. 0.2 miBear right onto Henry's Woods Trail (orange blazed), heading SE.
  18. 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
  19. 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
  20. 0.1 miTurn left onto Homestead Trail (blue blazed), heading NW.
  21. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  22. 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 surface

9% gravel4% dirt2% paved1% boardwalk84% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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