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
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Homestead Trail (blue blazed), heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Henry's Woods Trail (orange blazed), heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Homestead Trail (blue blazed), heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Henry's Woods Trail (Orange Blazed), heading E.
- 100 ftBear right onto Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed), heading S.
- 1.2 miBear right onto Sober's Run Connector Trail (yellow/green blazed), heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Sober's Run Main Loop Trail (green blazed), heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miReach Henry's Woods Trail (orange blazed), then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Sober's Run Connector Trail (yellow/green blazed), heading NW.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed), heading E.
- 1.2 miBear left onto Henry's Woods Trail (Orange Blazed), heading S.
- 100 ftSharp right onto Homestead Trail (blue blazed), heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Henry's Woods Trail (orange blazed), heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Homestead Trail (blue blazed), heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 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
More from this trailhead
- Sober's Run Connector Trail (yellow/green blazed) 2.4 mi · ▲ 135 ft
- Henry's Woods Trail (orange blazed) via Homestead Trail (blue blazed) 2.7 mi · ▲ 415 ft
- Henry's Woods Trail (orange blazed) & Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed) 4.8 mi · ▲ 196 ft
- Henry's Woods Trail (orange blazed) & Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed) 5.2 mi · ▲ 402 ft
- Ballas Trail–Bushkill Township Trail, 5 sights 11.8 mi · ▲ 496 ft
- Ballas Viewpoint–Bushkill Township Trail, 5 sights 12.1 mi · ▲ 524 ft
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