Forbidden Drive is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Wissahickon Valley Park near Alden Park Manor, PA. It climbs 636 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi52 – 217 ft · steepest grade: 19%3.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.02803, -75.19101
Nearest town Alden Park Manor, PA
Directions
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Forbidden Drive
2.6 mi · ▲ 636 ft · 1 hr 11 min
Elevation 53–215 ft
Out & Back · Wissahickon Valley Park
Trailhead: 40.02803, -75.19101
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Transit-accessible: stop 524 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 350 ftBear right, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Orange Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Kitchen's Lane Bridge, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Forbidden Drive, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Yellow Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Forbidden Drive, heading NW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Kitchen's Lane Bridge, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Orange Trail, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 450 ftBear left, heading N.
- 350 ftBear right, heading N.
- 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
97% dirt2% gravel1% paved
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:28 PM
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Transit-accessible: stop 524 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- White Trail via Forbidden Drive 1.9 mi · ▲ 314 ft
- Lincoln Drive Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 370 ft
- White Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 568 ft
- White Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 592 ft
- Orange Trail & White Trail via Forbidden Drive 3.7 mi · ▲ 605 ft
- Devil's Pool–Cresheim Creek Trail Loop, 4 sights 3.8 mi · ▲ 630 ft
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