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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.

Elevation

0 mi413 – 610 ft7.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Homestead Trail (blue blazed) 40.78069, -75.29972
Nearest town Filetown, PA

Directions

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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

  1. Start on Homestead Trail (blue blazed), heading E.
  2. 0.9 miSharp left onto Henry's Woods Trail (Orange Blazed), heading SE.
  3. 100 ftBear right onto Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed), heading N.
  4. 1.2 miBear right onto Sober's Run Connector Trail (yellow/green blazed), heading W.
  5. 0.8 miTurn left onto Sober's Run Main Loop Trail (green blazed), heading SE.
  6. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
  7. 0.4 miReach Homestead Trail (blue blazed), then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.6 miTurn right onto Sober's Run Connector Trail (yellow/green blazed), heading NW.
  9. 0.8 miBear left onto Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed), heading E.
  10. 1.2 miBear left onto Henry's Woods Trail (Orange Blazed), heading S.
  11. 100 ftSharp right onto Homestead Trail (blue blazed), heading S.
  12. 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.

Trail surface

18% gravel5% dirt1% boardwalk76% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:29 PM

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

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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