Forbidden Drive is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Wissahickon Valley Park near Manatawna, PA. It climbs 401 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi95 – 282 ft · steepest grade: 21%2.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Cathedral Road Entrance 40.06691, -75.22560
Nearest town Manatawna, PA
Directions
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Forbidden Drive
2.5 mi · ▲ 401 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Elevation 96–283 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
Dogs allowed on leash
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Yellow Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Forbidden Drive, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Rex Avenue, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Forbidden Drive, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Yellow Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Forbidden Drive, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading SE.
- 450 ftBear left onto Yellow Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 500 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
46% dirt38% gravel1% boardwalk15% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:28 PM
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
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