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Wissahickon Valley Park

Lavender Trail via Forbidden Drive

2.6 mi · ▲ 343 ft · 1 hr 2 min

Lavender Trail via Forbidden Drive is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Wissahickon Valley Park near Andorra, PA. It climbs 343 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi95 – 322 ft · steepest grade: 16%3.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Orange Trail 40.07943, -75.22513
Nearest town Andorra, PA
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Directions

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Lavender Trail via Forbidden Drive

2.6 mi · ▲ 343 ft · 1 hr 2 min

Elevation 96–321 ft

Out & Back · Wissahickon Valley Park

Trailhead: Orange Trail · 40.07943, -75.22513

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

Transit-accessible: Germantown Av & Hillcrest Av stop 511 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Orange Trail, heading SE.
  2. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Lavender Trail, heading S.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Orange Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.7 miTurn right onto Rex Avenue, heading SE.
  5. 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftTurn right onto Forbidden Drive, heading SE.
  7. 150 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  8. 450 ftBear left onto Yellow Trail, heading NW.
  9. 350 ftTurn left onto Forbidden Drive, heading N.
  10. 500 ftTurn right onto Rex Avenue, heading SW.
  11. 0.1 miSharp left onto White Trail, heading S.
  12. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  13. 300 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  14. 150 ftContinue straight onto Lavender Trail, heading NW.
  15. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Orange Trail, heading W.
  16. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/lavender-trail-out-back

Trail surface

87% dirt5% gravel8% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Germantown Av & Hillcrest Av stop 511 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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