Homestead Trail (blue blazed)–Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed), 4 sights is a 6.8-mile out-and-back in Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center near Bushkill Center, PA. It climbs 537 ft. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi413 – 610 ft7.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.79564, -75.31079
Nearest town Bushkill Center, PA
Directions
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Homestead Trail (blue blazed)–Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed), 4 sights
6.8 mi · ▲ 537 ft · 2 hr 32 min
Elevation 414–610 ft
Out & Back · Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center
Trailhead: 40.79564, -75.31079
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Sober's Run Main Loop Trail (green blazed), heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Sober's Run Explorer Trail (red/green blazed), heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Sober's Run Connector Trail (yellow/green blazed), heading NE.
- 0.9 miBear left onto Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed), heading S.
- 1.2 miBear left onto Henry's Woods Trail (Orange Blazed), heading S.
- 100 ftSharp right onto Homestead Trail (blue blazed), heading S.
- 0.9 miReach Sober's Run Explorer Trail (red/green blazed), then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miSharp left onto Henry's Woods Trail (Orange Blazed), heading SE.
- 100 ftBear right onto Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed), heading E.
- 1.2 miBear right onto Sober's Run Connector Trail (yellow/green blazed), heading NW.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Sober's Run Explorer Trail (red/green blazed), heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Sober's Run Main Loop Trail (green blazed), heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive 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% gravel8% dirt1% boardwalk73% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:29 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.2 mi in (~86 min). Leave by 5:43 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:08 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Sober's Run Explorer Trail (red/green blazed) Loop via Sober's Run Main Loop Trail (green blazed) 1.9 mi · ▲ 141 ft
- Sober's Run Main Loop Trail (green blazed) Loop 1.9 mi · ▲ 166 ft
- Sober's Run Main Loop Trail (green blazed) Loop 2 mi · ▲ 163 ft
- Sober's Run Explorer Trail (red/green blazed) via Sober's Run Main Loop Trail (green blazed) 2.3 mi · ▲ 86 ft
- Sober's Run Main Loop Trail (green blazed) 2.6 mi · ▲ 111 ft
- Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed)–Sober's Run Connector Trail (yellow/green blazed), 3 sights 3 mi · ▲ 275 ft
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