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Forbidden Drive is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in Wissahickon Valley Park near Manatawna, PA. It climbs 310 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi95 – 331 ft3.8 mi

Getting there

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

Directions

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Forbidden Drive

3.1 mi · ▲ 310 ft · 1 hr 11 min

Elevation 96–332 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 miBear left onto Yellow Trail, heading N.
  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. 450 ftTurn right onto Rex Avenue, heading E.
  9. 250 ftTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading SE.
  10. 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
  11. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  12. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  13. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  14. 0.4 miTurn right onto Rex Avenue, heading SE.
  15. 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Forbidden Drive, heading SE.
  17. 450 ftTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading SE.
  18. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  19. 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
  20. 100 ftBear right, heading S.
  21. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
  22. 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

85% dirt6% gravel9% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:28 PM

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