The 1,168-acre Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center offers programs for pre-schoolers through college students. Center staff also provide community programs on many subjects like natural and cultural history and outdoor recreation.

As a part of the Pennsylvania State Park system, the center also provides visitors with 18 miles of trails for hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, and cross-country skiing.

About 937 acres are open to hunting, trapping and the training of dogs during established seasons. Common game species are deer, pheasant, rabbit and squirrel. The center is traversed by Bushkill Creek, which provides excellent trout fishing.

The famous Henry Rifle was once made here. The Jacobsburg National Historic District lies almost entirely within the center property and gives visitors insight into a colonial gun manufactory.