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Bad Manor–Burro Loop Access Trail, 4 sights is a 10.1-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. It climbs 1,453 ft. It scores 48/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi2,838 – 3,701 ft10.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.08971, -116.25881
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA

Directions

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Bad Manor–Burro Loop Access Trail, 4 sights

10.1 mi · ▲ 1,453 ft · 4 hr 6 min

Elevation 2,839–3,701 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 34.08971, -116.25881

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 101°F / low 82° · precip 0% · wind 15 mph · sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:45 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  3. 400 ftTurn left onto North Canyon Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left onto Burro Loop Access Trail, heading NE.
  5. 0.5 miBear right onto Burro Loop Trail, heading N.
  6. 1.8 miTurn right, heading W.
  7. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  8. 0.4 miTurn left onto Spike's Run, heading NW.
  9. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bad Manor, heading N.
  10. 50 ftBear left onto Spike's Run, heading N.
  11. 350 ftReach Burro Loop Access Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  13. 300 ftSharp left onto Hoodoo Hill, heading SW.
  14. 0.9 miSharp left onto Spike's Run, heading N.
  15. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
  16. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
  17. 0.5 miSharp left onto Burro Loop Trail, heading S.
  18. 2.5 miSharp right onto Rocky View Trail, heading S.
  19. 50 ftTurn left onto Burro Loop Trail, heading S.
  20. 0.4 miTurn left onto Burro Loop Access Trail, heading S.
  21. 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
  22. 0.1 miTurn right onto North Canyon Trail, heading SW.
  23. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  24. 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
  25. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Weather

ClearTemperature 101°F82°
Feels like84°Precip0%Wind15 mphUV9Humidity14%
Hourly temperature
105°80°
Sunrise 5:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:45 PM
Tue 100°79°
Wed 97°75°
Thu 100°77°
Fri 100°80°
Sat 101°80°
Sun 96°78°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~22 min). Leave by 7:04 PM for the 7:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:29 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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