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Wissahickon Valley Park

Yellow Trail Loop

5 mi · ▲ 687 ft · 2 hr 1 min

Yellow Trail Loop is a 5-mile loop in Wissahickon Valley Park near Andorra, PA. It climbs 687 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi89 – 358 ft · steepest grade: 17%6.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Bells Mill West Trailhead 40.07837, -75.22731
Nearest town Andorra, PA
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Directions

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Yellow Trail Loop

5 mi · ▲ 687 ft · 2 hr 1 min

Elevation 87–358 ft

Loop · 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. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  4. 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  6. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
  7. 1.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  9. 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
  10. 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  11. 100 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  12. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  14. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  15. 200 ftSharp right, heading W.
  16. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  17. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  18. 0.2 miBear left onto Forbidden Drive, heading NE.
  19. 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
  20. 0.1 miTurn right onto Rex Avenue, heading NW.
  21. 250 ftTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading N.
  22. 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
  23. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  24. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  25. 150 ftTurn right onto Forbidden Drive, heading NW.
  26. 0.2 miBear left onto Yellow Trail, heading NE.
  27. 0.4 miTurn left onto Forbidden Drive, heading NW.
  28. 50 ftThe loop closes 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/yellow-trail-loop-8-km-9c0a

Trail surface

77% dirt17% gravel6% 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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