Homestead Trail (blue blazed) is a 3.2-mile out-and-back in Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center near Boulton, PA. It climbs 384 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi413 – 610 ft3.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed) 40.78243, -75.29241
Nearest town Boulton, PA
Directions
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Homestead Trail (blue blazed)
3.2 mi · ▲ 384 ft · 1 hr 16 min
Elevation 414–610 ft
Out & Back · Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center
Trailhead: Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed) · 40.78243, -75.29241
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Horses allowed on the whole route · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed), heading SE.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Henry's Woods Trail (Orange Blazed), heading S.
- 100 ftSharp right onto Homestead Trail (blue blazed), heading SE.
- 0.9 miReach Homestead Trail (blue blazed), then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miSharp left onto Henry's Woods Trail (Orange Blazed), heading S.
- 100 ftBear right onto Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed), heading SE.
- 0.7 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
38% gravel1% boardwalk61% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:29 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.4 mi in (~41 min). Leave by 6:28 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:23 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Horses allowed on the whole route
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed) Trailhead
- Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed) 1.9 mi · ▲ 220 ft
- Homestead Trail (blue blazed) 2.1 mi · ▲ 257 ft
- Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed) 2.2 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed) 2.4 mi · ▲ 306 ft
- Henry's Woods Trail (orange blazed) & Homestead Trail (blue blazed) Loop 2.5 mi · ▲ 348 ft
- Henry's Woods Trail (orange blazed) & Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed) 4.3 mi · ▲ 323 ft
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