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Wissahickon Valley Park

Forbidden Drive

2 mi · ▲ 256 ft · 48 min

Forbidden Drive is a 2-mile out-and-back in Wissahickon Valley Park near Andorra, PA. It climbs 256 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi102 – 364 ft · steepest grade: 21%2.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Bells Mill West Trailhead 40.07837, -75.22731
Nearest town Andorra, PA
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Forbidden Drive

2 mi · ▲ 256 ft · 48 min

Elevation 101–366 ft

Out & Back · Wissahickon Valley Park

Trailhead: Bells Mill West Trailhead · 40.07837, -75.22731

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

Transit-accessible: Germantown Pk & Rodgers Dr stop 760 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Forbidden Drive, heading E.
  2. 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  4. 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
  5. 50 ftTurn right onto White Trail, heading E.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  7. 300 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  8. 150 ftContinue straight onto Lavender Trail, heading NE.
  9. 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  10. 0.3 miContinue straight onto White Trail, heading NW.
  11. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  12. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  13. 300 ftTurn left, heading W.
  14. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  15. 0.1 miTurn right onto Forbidden Drive, heading W.
  16. 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/forbidden-drive-out-back-3-km-0e18

Trail surface

39% gravel39% dirt2% boardwalk20% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Germantown Pk & Rodgers Dr stop 760 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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