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Forbidden Drive is a 2.3-mile out-and-back in Wissahickon Valley Park near Manatawna, PA. It climbs 310 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi98 – 331 ft2.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.05790, -75.22845
Nearest town Manatawna, PA

Directions

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Forbidden Drive

2.3 mi · ▲ 310 ft · 55 min

Elevation 100–332 ft

Out & Back · Wissahickon Valley Park

Trailhead: 40.05790, -75.22845

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 450 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading E.
  4. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  6. 0.7 miSharp left, heading N.
  7. 0.1 miTurn left onto Forbidden Drive, heading N.
  8. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  9. 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
  10. 450 ftTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading E.
  11. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  12. 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
  13. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  14. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
  15. 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% dirt9% gravel7% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:28 PM

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