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Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center

Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed)–Sober's Run Connector Trail (yellow/green blazed), 3 sights

6.4 mi · ▲ 578 ft · 2 hr 25 min

Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed)–Sober's Run Connector Trail (yellow/green blazed), 3 sights is a 6.4-mile out-and-back in Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center near Boulton, PA. It climbs 578 ft. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi413 – 594 ft6.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Homestead Trail (blue blazed) 40.77421, -75.28962
Nearest town Boulton, PA
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Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed)–Sober's Run Connector Trail (yellow/green blazed), 3 sights

6.4 mi · ▲ 578 ft · 2 hr 25 min

Elevation 414–594 ft

Out & Back · Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center

Trailhead: Homestead Trail (blue blazed) · 40.77421, -75.28962

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

  1. Start on Homestead Trail (blue blazed), heading N.
  2. 0.5 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 S.
  6. 0.2 miSharp left, heading S.
  7. 50 ftReach Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed), then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.4 miTurn right onto Sober's Run Explorer Trail (red/green blazed), heading SE.
  9. 0.4 miTurn right onto Sober's Run Connector Trail (yellow/green blazed), heading NW.
  10. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed), heading E.
  11. 1.6 miBear left onto Henry's Woods Trail (Orange Blazed), heading S.
  12. 100 ftSharp right onto Homestead Trail (blue blazed), heading S.
  13. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/jacobsburg-trail-red-blazed-sobers-run-connector-trail-yellow-green-blazed-out-back-3-sights-10-km-b4f7

Trail surface

3% dirt1% boardwalk96% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:29 PM

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