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Forbidden Drive is a 2.9-mile out-and-back in Wissahickon Valley Park near Andorra, PA. It climbs 481 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi95 – 371 ft · steepest grade: 22%3.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.06962, -75.23019
Nearest town Andorra, PA

Directions

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Forbidden Drive

2.9 mi · ▲ 481 ft · 1 hr 12 min

Elevation 96–370 ft

Out & Back · Wissahickon Valley Park

Trailhead: 40.06962, -75.23019

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  4. 450 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  5. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
  7. 450 ftSharp right onto Forbidden Drive, heading N.
  8. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  9. 50 ftTurn left onto Rex Avenue, heading N.
  10. 100 ftTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading N.
  11. 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
  12. 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  13. 450 ftBear right, heading NW.
  14. 50 ftTurn right onto White Trail, heading NW.
  15. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  16. 350 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  17. 150 ftContinue straight onto Lavender Trail, heading E.
  18. 50 ftContinue straight onto White Trail, heading E.
  19. 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  20. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Lavender Trail, heading W.
  21. 50 ftContinue straight onto White Trail, heading W.
  22. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  23. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  24. 300 ftTurn left, heading W.
  25. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  26. 450 ftSharp left, heading W.
  27. 50 ftBear left onto Orange Trail, heading W.
  28. 0.4 miTurn right onto Rex Avenue, heading NW.
  29. 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  30. 50 ftTurn right onto Forbidden Drive, heading SE.
  31. 150 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  32. 450 ftSharp right onto Yellow Trail, heading SE.
  33. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  34. 500 ftBear left, heading NW.
  35. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  36. 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

67% dirt2% gravel31% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:28 PM

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