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Forbidden Drive is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Wissahickon Valley Park near Highland, PA. It climbs 557 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi95 – 354 ft5.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Crefeld Street Entrance 40.07684, -75.21648
Nearest town Highland, PA

Directions

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Forbidden Drive

4.4 mi · ▲ 557 ft · 1 hr 45 min

Elevation 96–356 ft

Out & Back · Wissahickon Valley Park

Trailhead: Crefeld Street Entrance · 40.07684, -75.21648

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

Transit-accessible: Germantown Av & Waterman Av stop 348 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Lavender Trail, heading SW.
  2. 0.5 miContinue straight onto White Trail, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  4. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  5. 300 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  6. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  7. 450 ftSharp left, heading S.
  8. 50 ftBear left onto Orange Trail, heading SW.
  9. 0.4 miTurn right onto Rex Avenue, heading SE.
  10. 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Forbidden Drive, heading SE.
  12. 450 ftTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading W.
  13. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  14. 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
  15. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  16. 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
  17. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  18. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  19. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  20. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  21. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  22. 0.7 miSharp left, heading SE.
  23. 0.1 miTurn left onto Forbidden Drive, heading NE.
  24. 450 ftTurn right onto Rex Avenue, heading NW.
  25. 250 ftTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading N.
  26. 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
  27. 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
  28. 450 ftBear right, heading N.
  29. 50 ftTurn right onto White Trail, heading N.
  30. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  31. 300 ftTurn left, heading N.
  32. 150 ftContinue straight onto Lavender Trail, heading N.
  33. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

87% dirt4% gravel9% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Germantown Av & Waterman Av stop 348 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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