Forbidden Drive is a 2-mile out-and-back in Wissahickon Valley Park near Andorra, PA. It climbs 428 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi102 – 364 ft · steepest grade: 21%2.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.07474, -75.22954
Nearest town Andorra, PA
Directions
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Forbidden Drive
2 mi · ▲ 428 ft · 53 min
Elevation 101–366 ft
Out & Back · Wissahickon Valley Park
Trailhead: 40.07474, -75.22954
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Dogs allowed on leash
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Forbidden Drive, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto White Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Lavender Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto White Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Forbidden Drive, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Yellow Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
62% dirt5% gravel2% boardwalk31% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:28 PM
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
More from this trailhead
- Forbidden Drive 1.9 mi · ▲ 370 ft
- Forbidden Drive 2.1 mi · ▲ 428 ft
- Forbidden Drive Loop 2.3 mi · ▲ 222 ft
- Forbidden Drive Loop 2.3 mi · ▲ 222 ft
- Forbidden Drive Loop 2.3 mi · ▲ 222 ft
- Forbidden Drive Loop 2.3 mi · ▲ 222 ft
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