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Wissahickon Valley Park

Forbidden Drive

2.3 mi · ▲ 386 ft · 58 min

Forbidden Drive is a 2.3-mile out-and-back in Wissahickon Valley Park near Manatawna, PA. It climbs 386 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi95 – 302 ft · steepest grade: 19%2.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Summit Avenue Entrance 40.06180, -75.22692
Nearest town Manatawna, PA
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Forbidden Drive

2.3 mi · ▲ 386 ft · 58 min

Elevation 96–302 ft

Out & Back · Wissahickon Valley Park

Trailhead: Summit Avenue Entrance · 40.06180, -75.22692

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.1 miSharp left onto Yellow Trail, heading W.
  3. 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left onto Forbidden Drive, heading E.
  5. 450 ftTurn right onto Rex Avenue, heading NE.
  6. 250 ftTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  9. 450 ftBear right, heading E.
  10. 50 ftTurn right onto White Trail, heading E.
  11. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  12. 350 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  13. 100 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  14. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  15. 350 ftTurn left, heading E.
  16. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  17. 450 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  18. 50 ftBear left onto Orange Trail, heading NE.
  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 miTurn left, heading S.
  24. 0.3 miSharp right, heading S.
  25. 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-4-km-370a

Trail surface

77% dirt7% gravel16% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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