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Forbidden Drive is a 2.7-mile out-and-back in Wissahickon Valley Park near Manatawna, PA. It climbs 428 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi95 – 364 ft · steepest grade: 19%3.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.06810, -75.22990
Nearest town Manatawna, PA

Directions

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Forbidden Drive

2.7 mi · ▲ 428 ft · 1 hr 7 min

Elevation 96–366 ft

Out & Back · Wissahickon Valley Park

Trailhead: 40.06810, -75.22990

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  5. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading E.
  6. 100 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  7. 450 ftSharp right onto Forbidden Drive, heading N.
  8. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  9. 50 ftTurn left onto Rex Avenue, heading N.
  10. 100 ftTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading N.
  11. 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
  12. 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  13. 450 ftBear right, heading NW.
  14. 50 ftTurn right onto White Trail, heading NW.
  15. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  16. 300 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  17. 150 ftContinue straight onto Lavender Trail, heading E.
  18. 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  19. 0.3 miContinue straight onto White Trail, heading E.
  20. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  21. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  22. 300 ftTurn left, heading W.
  23. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  24. 450 ftSharp left, heading W.
  25. 50 ftBear left onto Orange Trail, heading W.
  26. 0.4 miTurn right onto Rex Avenue, heading W.
  27. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
  28. 50 ftTurn right onto Forbidden Drive, heading W.
  29. 150 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  30. 450 ftSharp right onto Yellow Trail, heading SE.
  31. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  32. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  33. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  34. 50 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

84% dirt2% gravel14% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:28 PM

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