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Old Lost Horse Road Trail is a 9.1-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. It is mostly level, with 243 ft of elevation gain. It scores 88/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi4,062 – 4,255 ft9.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.02678, -116.17712
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA

Directions

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Old Lost Horse Road Trail

9.1 mi · ▲ 243 ft · 3 hr 9 min

Elevation 4,062–4,257 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 34.02678, -116.17712

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:46 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

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

Trail surface

3% dirt2% sand95% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:46 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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