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Wissahickon Valley Park

Forbidden Drive

2 mi · ▲ 450 ft · 54 min

Forbidden Drive is a 2-mile out-and-back in Wissahickon Valley Park near Tulpohocken, PA. It climbs 450 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi46 – 194 ft · steepest grade: 17%2.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.03588, -75.20437
Nearest town Tulpohocken, PA
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Forbidden Drive

2 mi · ▲ 450 ft · 54 min

Elevation 45–193 ft

Out & Back · Wissahickon Valley Park

Trailhead: 40.03588, -75.20437

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

Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Orange Trail, heading NE.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  4. 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
  5. 0.1 miSharp right, heading SE.
  6. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  7. 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  8. 50 ftSharp left onto Forbidden Drive, heading SE.
  9. 350 ftBear left, heading S.
  10. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  11. 500 ftSharp right, heading S.
  12. 100 ftSharp left, heading S.
  13. 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
  14. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  15. 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
  16. 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  17. 400 ftContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading E.
  18. 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
  19. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  20. 450 ftContinue straight onto Forbidden Drive, heading N.
  21. 100 ftContinue straight onto Kitchen's Lane Bridge, heading NW.
  22. 100 ftTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading NW.
  23. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/forbidden-drive-out-back-3-km-e244

Trail surface

77% dirt21% gravel1% paved1% grass

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Toilets at the trailhead

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