Forbidden Drive is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Wissahickon Valley Park near Highland, PA. It climbs 438 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 10/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi95 – 322 ft5.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Lavender Trail 40.07381, -75.21641
Nearest town Highland, PA
Directions
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Forbidden Drive
3.9 mi · ▲ 438 ft · 1 hr 31 min
Elevation 96–321 ft
Out & Back · Wissahickon Valley Park
Trailhead: Lavender Trail · 40.07381, -75.21641
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Transit-accessible: Germantown Av & Norman Ln stop 650 m from the trailhead
- Start on Lavender Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto White Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Orange Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 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 W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
- 150 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.7 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Forbidden Drive, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn right onto Rex Avenue, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 450 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto White Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Lavender Trail, heading E.
- 450 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
86% dirt4% gravel10% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:28 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Germantown Av & Norman Ln stop 650 m from the trailhead
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- Forbidden Drive Loop 1.9 mi · ▲ 311 ft
- Forbidden Drive 3.9 mi · ▲ 438 ft
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