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Forbidden Drive is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Wissahickon Valley Park near Highland, PA. It climbs 490 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi102 – 322 ft · steepest grade: 21%2.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Lavender Trail 40.07381, -75.21641
Nearest town Highland, PA

Directions

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Forbidden Drive

1.9 mi · ▲ 490 ft · 53 min

Elevation 101–321 ft

Out & Back · Wissahickon Valley Park

Trailhead: Lavender Trail · 40.07381, -75.21641

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

Dogs allowed on leash · Transit-accessible: Germantown Av & Norman Ln stop 650 m from the trailhead

  1. Start on Lavender Trail, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miContinue straight onto White Trail, heading W.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  4. 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
  5. 300 ftTurn left, heading W.
  6. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right onto Forbidden Drive, heading NW.
  8. 0.2 miBear left onto Yellow Trail, heading NE.
  9. 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  10. 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
  11. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Forbidden Drive, heading SE.
  12. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  13. 300 ftTurn left, heading S.
  14. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  15. 50 ftTurn right onto White Trail, heading SW.
  16. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  17. 300 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  18. 150 ftContinue straight onto Lavender Trail, heading SW.
  19. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

65% dirt6% gravel2% boardwalk27% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Transit-accessible: Germantown Av & Norman Ln stop 650 m from the trailhead

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