Forbidden Drive is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Wissahickon Valley Park near Manatawna, PA. It climbs 428 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi95 – 371 ft · steepest grade: 22%3.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.06810, -75.22990
Nearest town Manatawna, PA
Directions
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Forbidden Drive
2.8 mi · ▲ 428 ft · 1 hr 9 min
Elevation 96–370 ft
Out & Back · Wissahickon Valley Park
Trailhead: 40.06810, -75.22990
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading E.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 450 ftSharp right onto Forbidden Drive, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Rex Avenue, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 450 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto White Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Lavender Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto White Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Lavender Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto White Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Orange Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Rex Avenue, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Forbidden Drive, heading SE.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 450 ftSharp right onto Yellow Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 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
64% dirt2% gravel34% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:28 PM
More from this trailhead
- Forbidden Drive Loop 2.1 mi · ▲ 224 ft
- Forbidden Drive Loop 2.1 mi · ▲ 224 ft
- Forbidden Drive Loop 2.1 mi · ▲ 224 ft
- Forbidden Drive Loop 2.1 mi · ▲ 224 ft
- Forbidden Drive Loop 2.1 mi · ▲ 224 ft
- Forbidden Drive Loop 2.1 mi · ▲ 224 ft
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