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Forbidden Drive Loop is a 2.2-mile loop in Wissahickon Valley Park near Andorra, PA. It climbs 287 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi95 – 367 ft2.6 mi

Getting there

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

Directions

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Forbidden Drive Loop

2.2 mi · ▲ 287 ft · 53 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. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  4. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading SE.
  5. 450 ftTurn left onto Forbidden Drive, heading SW.
  6. 450 ftTurn right onto Rex Avenue, heading W.
  7. 250 ftTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  11. 150 ftTurn right onto Forbidden Drive, heading NW.
  12. 0.2 miBear left onto Yellow Trail, heading W.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  14. 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  16. 0.6 miSharp right, heading W.
  17. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  18. 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

84% dirt6% gravel1% boardwalk9% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash

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