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Forbidden Drive Loop is a 2.1-mile loop in Wissahickon Valley Park near Andorra, 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 – 367 ft · steepest grade: 16%2.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.06962, -75.23019
Nearest town Andorra, PA

Directions

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Forbidden Drive Loop

2.1 mi · ▲ 224 ft · 49 min

Elevation 96–369 ft

Loop · Wissahickon Valley Park

Trailhead: 40.06962, -75.23019

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

Dogs allowed on leash

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  4. 450 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  5. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
  7. 450 ftSharp right onto Forbidden Drive, heading N.
  8. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  9. 50 ftTurn left onto Rex Avenue, heading N.
  10. 100 ftTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading N.
  11. 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
  12. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  13. 250 ftTurn right onto Forbidden Drive, heading NW.
  14. 0.1 miBear left onto Yellow Trail, heading W.
  15. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  16. 450 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  17. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  18. 0.6 miSharp right, heading W.
  19. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  20. 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

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