About Forbiden Drive

The 1,800 acres of Wissahickon Valley Park are part of Philadelphia’s 9,200-acre Fairmount Park, one of the largest city parks in the world. A lovely, wooded valley with Wissahickon Creek running through its entire seven-mile length, the Park extends from Chestnut Hill in the north to Manayunk in the southwest. Forbidden Drive, a wide gravel road closed to automobile traffic, parallels the Creek and the Park is criss-crossed by more than 50 miles of often-rugged trails. Originally known as Upper Wissahickon Drive, Forbidden Drive got its popular name following the banning of automobiles on the drive in the 1920s.

We meet just inside the entrance to the trail at the intersection of Northwestern, Wissahickon, and Andorra Aves. This is just off Germantown Pike, beyond Bruno’s and the Northwestern Equestrian Center.

Northwestern Ave. and Wissahickon Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19118

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