Forbidden Drive Loop is a 2.3-mile loop in Wissahickon Valley Park near Manatawna, PA. It climbs 372 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi89 – 348 ft · steepest grade: 16%3.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.05790, -75.22845
Nearest town Manatawna, PA
Directions
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Forbidden Drive Loop
2.3 mi · ▲ 372 ft · 57 min
Elevation 87–348 ft
Loop · Wissahickon Valley Park
Trailhead: 40.05790, -75.22845
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Dogs allowed on leash
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 450 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Yellow Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Forbidden Drive, heading NE.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Yellow Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, 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
83% dirt10% gravel7% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:28 PM
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
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