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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

  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 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  8. 450 ftBear right, heading SE.
  9. 50 ftTurn right onto White Trail, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  11. 300 ftTurn left, heading N.
  12. 150 ftContinue straight onto Lavender Trail, heading NE.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto White Trail, heading NE.
  14. 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  15. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Lavender Trail, heading W.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto White Trail, heading W.
  17. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  18. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  19. 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
  20. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  21. 450 ftSharp left, heading W.
  22. 50 ftBear left onto Orange Trail, heading W.
  23. 0.4 miTurn right onto Rex Avenue, heading SE.
  24. 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  25. 50 ftContinue straight onto Forbidden Drive, heading SE.
  26. 450 ftTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading SE.
  27. 0.1 miSharp right, heading SE.
  28. 450 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

45% dirt7% gravel48% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:28 PM

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