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Old Lost Horse Road Trail is a 9.7-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. It is mostly level, with 216 ft of elevation gain. It scores 87/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi4,062 – 4,255 ft10.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Playhouse approach 34.02236, -116.17331
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA

Directions

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Old Lost Horse Road Trail

9.7 mi · ▲ 216 ft · 3 hr 20 min

Elevation 4,062–4,257 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Playhouse approach · 34.02236, -116.17331

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:44 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Hemingway-Playhouse Connector, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
  3. 150 ftSharp right, heading N.
  4. 400 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  5. 450 ftTurn left onto Quail Springs Historic Trail, heading N.
  6. 500 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  7. 250 ftBear right, heading W.
  8. 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
  9. 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
  10. 0.3 miTurn right onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading S.
  11. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
  12. 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
  13. 1.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  14. 1.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  15. 500 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  16. 500 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  17. 1.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  18. 1.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  19. 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
  20. 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
  21. 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
  22. 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
  23. 250 ftTurn right onto Quail Springs Historic Trail, heading E.
  24. 500 ftTurn right, heading N.
  25. 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
  26. 450 ftSharp left, heading N.
  27. 150 ftSharp right onto Hemingway-Playhouse Connector, heading N.
  28. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

4% dirt2% sand94% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:44 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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