Forbidden Drive Loop is a 2.1-mile loop in Wissahickon Valley Park near Manatawna, PA. It is mostly level, with 224 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi95 – 358 ft · steepest grade: 17%2.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.06810, -75.22990
Nearest town Manatawna, PA
Directions
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Forbidden Drive Loop
2.1 mi · ▲ 224 ft · 49 min
Elevation 96–358 ft
Loop · Wissahickon Valley Park
Trailhead: 40.06810, -75.22990
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Dogs allowed on leash
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading E.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 450 ftSharp right onto Forbidden Drive, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Rex Avenue, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Forbidden Drive, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Yellow Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
87% dirt4% gravel1% boardwalk8% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:28 PM
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
More from this trailhead
- Forbidden Drive Loop 2.1 mi · ▲ 224 ft
- Forbidden Drive Loop 2.1 mi · ▲ 224 ft
- Forbidden Drive Loop 2.1 mi · ▲ 224 ft
- Forbidden Drive Loop 2.1 mi · ▲ 224 ft
- Forbidden Drive Loop 2.1 mi · ▲ 224 ft
- Forbidden Drive Loop 2.1 mi · ▲ 224 ft
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