Henry's Woods Trail (orange blazed) & Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed) is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center near Filetown, PA. It is mostly level, with 196 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi423 – 535 ft5.3 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)
4.8 mi · ▲ 196 ft · 1 hr 42 min
Elevation 424–535 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.
- 300 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Henry's Woods Trail (orange blazed), heading S.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed), heading SE.
- 1.2 miReach Henry's Woods Trail (orange blazed), then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miSharp right onto Henry's Woods Trail (orange blazed), heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Homestead Trail (blue blazed), heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 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
14% gravel2% paved1% boardwalk83% 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) 5.2 mi · ▲ 402 ft
- Henry's Woods Trail (orange blazed)–Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed), 4 sights 7.6 mi · ▲ 683 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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