Forbidden Drive is a 2.3-mile out-and-back in Wissahickon Valley Park near Manatawna, PA. It climbs 278 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi95 – 302 ft · steepest grade: 16%2.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Summit Avenue Entrance 40.06180, -75.22692
Nearest town Manatawna, PA
Directions
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Forbidden Drive
2.3 mi · ▲ 278 ft · 54 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
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Yellow Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Forbidden Drive, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Rex Avenue, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 200 ftSharp left onto Forbidden Drive, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
- 450 ftBear left onto Yellow Trail, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Forbidden Drive, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 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
57% dirt39% gravel1% boardwalk3% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:28 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Summit Avenue Entrance Trailhead
- Forbidden Drive 2 mi · ▲ 235 ft
- Forbidden Drive 2 mi · ▲ 235 ft
- Forbidden Drive 2 mi · ▲ 235 ft
- Yellow Trail 2 mi · ▲ 297 ft
- Yellow Trail 2 mi · ▲ 297 ft
- Forbidden Drive 2.2 mi · ▲ 270 ft
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