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Wissahickon Valley Park

Forbidden Drive

2.6 mi · ▲ 472 ft · 1 hr 6 min

Forbidden Drive is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Wissahickon Valley Park near Manatawna, PA. It climbs 472 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 16/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi95 – 282 ft · steepest grade: 20%3.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Cathedral Road Entrance 40.06691, -75.22560
Nearest town Manatawna, PA
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Forbidden Drive

2.6 mi · ▲ 472 ft · 1 hr 6 min

Elevation 96–283 ft

Out & Back · Wissahickon Valley Park

Trailhead: Cathedral Road Entrance · 40.06691, -75.22560

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

Dogs allowed on leash

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.1 miSharp left onto Yellow Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left onto Forbidden Drive, heading NE.
  4. 450 ftTurn right onto Rex Avenue, heading N.
  5. 250 ftTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  9. 150 ftTurn right onto Forbidden Drive, heading NW.
  10. 0.2 miBear left onto Yellow Trail, heading NE.
  11. 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  12. 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
  13. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Forbidden Drive, heading SE.
  14. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  15. 300 ftTurn left, heading S.
  16. 150 ftTurn right onto Orange Trail, heading SE.
  17. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  18. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  19. 0.4 miTurn right onto Rex Avenue, heading SE.
  20. 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  21. 50 ftContinue straight onto Forbidden Drive, heading SE.
  22. 450 ftTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading SE.
  23. 0.1 miSharp right, heading S.
  24. 0.1 miArrive 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-4-km-1d78

Trail surface

66% dirt11% gravel1% boardwalk22% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash

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