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Wissahickon Valley Park

Forbidden Drive

1.9 mi · ▲ 485 ft · 53 min

Forbidden Drive is a 1.9-mile out-and-back in Wissahickon Valley Park near Tulpohocken, PA. It climbs 485 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi46 – 217 ft · steepest grade: 25%2.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Park Line Drive Entrance 40.03636, -75.19839
Nearest town Tulpohocken, PA
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Forbidden Drive

1.9 mi · ▲ 485 ft · 53 min

Elevation 45–215 ft

Out & Back · Wissahickon Valley Park

Trailhead: Park Line Drive Entrance · 40.03636, -75.19839

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

Dogs allowed on leash

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Orange Trail, heading S.
  3. 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
  4. 0.1 miSharp right, heading SE.
  5. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  6. 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
  7. 50 ftSharp left onto Forbidden Drive, heading S.
  8. 350 ftBear left, heading S.
  9. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  10. 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
  11. 100 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  12. 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
  13. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  14. 400 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  15. 350 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading E.
  16. 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
  17. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  18. 450 ftContinue straight onto Forbidden Drive, heading N.
  19. 100 ftContinue straight onto Kitchen's Lane Bridge, heading N.
  20. 100 ftTurn right onto Orange Trail, heading NW.
  21. 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  22. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  23. 200 ftArrive 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-929e

Trail surface

82% dirt17% gravel1% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash

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