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
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 450 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.7 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Forbidden Drive, heading N.
- 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 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
More from this trailhead
- Forbidden Drive 2.1 mi · ▲ 255 ft
- Forbidden Drive 2.2 mi · ▲ 255 ft
- Forbidden Drive 2.2 mi · ▲ 310 ft
- Forbidden Drive 2.2 mi · ▲ 310 ft
- Forbidden Drive 2.3 mi · ▲ 310 ft
- Forbidden Drive Loop 2.3 mi · ▲ 372 ft
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