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Wissahickon Valley Park

Yellow Trail

4.5 mi · ▲ 399 ft · 1 hr 42 min

Yellow Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Wissahickon Valley Park near Andorra, PA. It climbs 399 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi89 – 348 ft · steepest grade: 17%5.6 mi

Getting there

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

4.5 mi · ▲ 399 ft · 1 hr 42 min

Elevation 87–348 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. 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  4. 150 ftTurn right onto Orange Trail, heading SW.
  5. 0.4 miTurn right onto Rex Avenue, heading SE.
  6. 250 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Forbidden Drive, heading SE.
  8. 450 ftTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading W.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  10. 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
  11. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  12. 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
  13. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  14. 100 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  15. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  16. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  17. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  18. 250 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  19. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  20. 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  21. 0.2 miBear left onto Forbidden Drive, heading E.
  22. 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
  23. 300 ftTurn left onto Yellow Trail, heading N.
  24. 350 ftBear right, heading NW.
  25. 450 ftBear left onto Forbidden Drive, heading NW.
  26. 0.7 miArrive 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-out-back-7-km-a692

Trail surface

56% dirt38% gravel1% boardwalk5% 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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