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Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center

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

6.6 mi · ▲ 504 ft · 2 hr 27 min

Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed)–Sober's Run Connector Trail (yellow/green blazed), 3 sights is a 6.6-mile out-and-back in Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center near Boulton, PA. It climbs 504 ft. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi417 – 669 ft7.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.77588, -75.28639
Nearest town Boulton, PA
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Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed)–Sober's Run Connector Trail (yellow/green blazed), 3 sights

6.6 mi · ▲ 504 ft · 2 hr 27 min

Elevation 417–670 ft

Out & Back · Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center

Trailhead: 40.77588, -75.28639

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

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 200 ftContinue straight onto Henry's Woods Trail (Orange Blazed), heading N.
  3. 150 ftTurn left onto Homestead Trail (blue blazed), heading N.
  4. 50 ftBear right onto Henry's Woods Trail (Orange Blazed), heading NW.
  5. 100 ftBear right onto Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed), heading N.
  6. 1.2 miBear right onto Sober's Run Connector Trail (yellow/green blazed), heading W.
  7. 0.9 miTurn right onto Sober's Run Explorer Trail (red/green blazed), heading NW.
  8. 100 ftTurn left onto Sober's Run Main Loop Trail (green blazed), heading S.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right onto Sober's Run Explorer Trail (red/green blazed), heading S.
  10. 0.7 miBear right onto Sober's Run Main Loop Trail (green blazed), heading S.
  11. 1.2 miBear left onto Sober's Run Connector Trail (yellow/green blazed), heading S.
  12. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Jacobsburg Trail (red blazed), heading E.
  13. 1.5 miBear left onto Henry's Woods Trail (Orange Blazed), heading SE.
  14. 100 ftBear left onto Homestead Trail (blue blazed), heading SE.
  15. 50 ftTurn right onto Henry's Woods Trail (Orange Blazed), heading S.
  16. 150 ftArrive 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-4-sights-11-km-d52c

Trail surface

27% dirt73% 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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