Forbidden Drive is a 3-mile out-and-back in Wissahickon Valley Park near Manatawna, PA. It climbs 255 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi95 – 299 ft · steepest grade: 15%3.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Summit Avenue West Entrance 40.05976, -75.22973
Nearest town Manatawna, PA
Directions
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Forbidden Drive
3 mi · ▲ 255 ft · 1 hr 8 min
Elevation 96–299 ft
Out & Back · Wissahickon Valley Park
Trailhead: Summit Avenue West Entrance · 40.05976, -75.22973
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.7 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Forbidden Drive, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Rex Avenue, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Rex Avenue, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Forbidden Drive, heading SE.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, 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
90% dirt6% gravel4% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:28 PM
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