Forbidden Drive is a 2.2-mile out-and-back in Wissahickon Valley Park near Manatawna, PA. It climbs 270 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi89 – 308 ft · steepest grade: 18%2.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Summit Avenue Entrance 40.06180, -75.22692
Nearest town Manatawna, PA
Directions
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Forbidden Drive
2.2 mi · ▲ 270 ft · 52 min
Elevation 87–309 ft
Out & Back · Wissahickon Valley Park
Trailhead: Summit Avenue Entrance · 40.06180, -75.22692
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Yellow Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Forbidden Drive, heading E.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 250 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
93% dirt6% gravel1% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:28 PM
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Summit Avenue Entrance Trailhead
- Forbidden Drive 2 mi · ▲ 235 ft
- Forbidden Drive 2 mi · ▲ 235 ft
- Forbidden Drive 2 mi · ▲ 235 ft
- Yellow Trail 2 mi · ▲ 297 ft
- Yellow Trail 2 mi · ▲ 297 ft
- Forbidden Drive 2.3 mi · ▲ 278 ft
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