Forbidden Drive is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in Wissahickon Valley Park near Manatawna, PA. It climbs 387 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 16/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi95 – 371 ft · steepest grade: 21%2.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Cathedral Road Entrance 40.06691, -75.22560
Nearest town Manatawna, PA
Directions
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Forbidden Drive
2.4 mi · ▲ 387 ft · 1 hr
Elevation 96–370 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
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Yellow Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Forbidden Drive, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Rex Avenue, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 450 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto White Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Lavender Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto White Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Lavender Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto White Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Orange Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Rex Avenue, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Forbidden Drive, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 450 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
45% dirt7% gravel48% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:28 PM
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