Homestead Trail (blue blazed) is a 3.2-mile out-and-back in Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center near Filetown, PA. It climbs 306 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi413 – 610 ft · steepest grade: 15%3.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Homestead Trail (blue blazed) 40.78265, -75.29766
Nearest town Filetown, PA
Directions
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Homestead Trail (blue blazed)
3.2 mi · ▲ 306 ft · 1 hr 13 min
Elevation 414–610 ft
Out & Back · Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center
Trailhead: Homestead Trail (blue blazed) · 40.78265, -75.29766
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Horses allowed on the whole route
- Start on Homestead Trail (blue blazed), heading S.
- 1 miSharp left onto Henry's Woods Trail (Orange Blazed), heading SE.
- 100 ftBear right onto Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed), heading SE.
- 0.6 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Henry's Woods Trail (Orange Blazed), heading S.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Homestead Trail (blue blazed), heading S.
- 0.9 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
48% gravel1% boardwalk51% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:29 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~8 min). Leave by 7:01 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:52 PM — 5 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Horses allowed on the whole route
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) 3.5 mi · ▲ 333 ft
- Homestead Trail (blue blazed) & Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed) 4.4 mi · ▲ 344 ft
- Homestead Trail (blue blazed)–Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed), 4 sights 6.9 mi · ▲ 562 ft
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