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Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center

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

5 mi · ▲ 358 ft · 1 hr 51 min

Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed)–Sober's Run Connector Trail (yellow/green blazed), 3 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center near Boulton, PA. It climbs 358 ft. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi446 – 594 ft5.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed) 40.78243, -75.29241
Nearest town Boulton, PA
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Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed)–Sober's Run Connector Trail (yellow/green blazed), 3 sights

5 mi · ▲ 358 ft · 1 hr 51 min

Elevation 447–594 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

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed), heading SE.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  3. 200 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  5. 0.7 miBear right onto Sober's Run Connector Trail (yellow/green blazed), heading W.
  6. 0.8 miTurn left onto Sober's Run Main Loop Trail (green blazed), heading NW.
  7. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
  8. 50 ftReach Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed), then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.4 miTurn right onto Sober's Run Explorer Trail (red/green blazed), heading SE.
  10. 0.4 miTurn right onto Sober's Run Connector Trail (yellow/green blazed), heading NW.
  11. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed), heading E.
  12. 1.3 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-8-km-7f27

Trail surface

4% dirt96% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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