Homestead Trail (blue blazed)–Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed), 4 sights is a 6.9-mile out-and-back in Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center near Filetown, PA. It climbs 562 ft. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Homestead Trail (blue blazed)–Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed), 4 sights
6.9 mi · ▲ 562 ft · 2 hr 35 min
Elevation 414–610 ft
Out & Back · Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center
Trailhead: Homestead Trail (blue blazed) · 40.78069, -75.29972
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Homestead Trail (blue blazed), heading E.
- 0.9 miSharp left onto Henry's Woods Trail (Orange Blazed), heading SE.
- 100 ftBear right onto Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed), heading N.
- 1.2 miBear right onto Sober's Run Connector Trail (yellow/green blazed), heading W.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Sober's Run Main Loop Trail (green blazed), heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miReach Homestead Trail (blue 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.
- 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 7:04 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:49 PM — 8 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Homestead Trail (blue blazed) Trailhead
- Homestead Trail (blue blazed) 2.1 mi · ▲ 110 ft
- Homestead Trail (blue blazed) 2.3 mi · ▲ 192 ft
- Homestead Trail (blue blazed) 3.2 mi · ▲ 306 ft
- Homestead Trail (blue blazed) 3.5 mi · ▲ 333 ft
- Homestead Trail (blue blazed) & Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed) 4.4 mi · ▲ 344 ft
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