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Forbidden Drive is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Wissahickon Valley Park near Manatawna, PA. It climbs 412 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi95 – 322 ft · steepest grade: 23%3.4 mi

Getting there

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

Directions

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Forbidden Drive

2.8 mi · ▲ 412 ft · 1 hr 8 min

Elevation 96–321 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. 150 ftContinue straight onto Lavender Trail, heading NE.
  14. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  15. 0.2 miContinue straight onto White Trail, heading E.
  16. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  17. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  18. 300 ftTurn left, heading W.
  19. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  20. 450 ftSharp left, heading W.
  21. 50 ftBear left onto Orange Trail, heading W.
  22. 0.4 miTurn right onto Rex Avenue, heading SE.
  23. 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  24. 50 ftContinue straight onto Forbidden Drive, heading SE.
  25. 450 ftTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading SE.
  26. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  27. 0.3 miSharp right, heading NW.
  28. 100 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

81% dirt6% gravel13% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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