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Wissahickon Valley Park

Rex Avenue via Forbidden Drive

2.5 mi · ▲ 454 ft · 1 hr 4 min

Rex Avenue via Forbidden Drive is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in Wissahickon Valley Park near Andorra, PA. It climbs 454 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi102 – 282 ft · steepest grade: 18%2.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Bells Mill West Trailhead 40.07837, -75.22731
Nearest town Andorra, PA
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Rex Avenue via Forbidden Drive

2.5 mi · ▲ 454 ft · 1 hr 4 min

Elevation 101–283 ft

Out & Back · Wissahickon Valley Park

Trailhead: Bells Mill West Trailhead · 40.07837, -75.22731

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

Dogs allowed on leash · Transit-accessible: Germantown Pk & Rodgers Dr stop 760 m from the trailhead · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Forbidden Drive, heading E.
  2. 450 ftTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading S.
  3. 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
  4. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Forbidden Drive, heading S.
  5. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  6. 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  7. 200 ftTurn right onto Orange Trail, heading SE.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  10. 0.4 miTurn left onto Rex Avenue, heading SE.
  11. 350 ftContinue straight onto White Trail, heading SE.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Rex Avenue, heading SE.
  13. 0.2 miReach Rex Avenue, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.2 miContinue straight onto White Trail, heading SW.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto Rex Avenue, heading SW.
  16. 300 ftTurn right onto Orange Trail, heading SW.
  17. 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
  18. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  19. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  20. 150 ftTurn right onto Forbidden Drive, heading NW.
  21. 0.2 miBear left onto Yellow Trail, heading NW.
  22. 0.4 miTurn left onto Forbidden Drive, heading NW.
  23. 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/rex-avenue-out-back-4-km

Trail surface

62% dirt6% gravel1% boardwalk31% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Transit-accessible: Germantown Pk & Rodgers Dr stop 760 m from the trailhead
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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