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Creosote Trail via Bigfoot Trail is a 7-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. It climbs 466 ft. It scores 87/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi3,737 – 4,039 ft7.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.05981, -116.22680
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA

Directions

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Creosote Trail via Bigfoot Trail

7 mi · ▲ 466 ft · 2 hr 34 min

Elevation 3,737–4,038 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 34.05981, -116.22680

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 100°F / low 80° · precip 0% · wind 13 mph · sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:45 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.9 miTurn right onto Quail Wash, heading W.
  3. 0.6 miTurn right onto Bigfoot Trail, heading NW.
  4. 1.4 miBear right onto Creosote Trail, heading NE.
  5. 0.6 miReach Creosote Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.6 miBear left onto Bigfoot Trail, heading SW.
  7. 1.4 miTurn left onto Quail Wash, heading SE.
  8. 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
  9. 0.9 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

16% gravel84% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 100°F80°
Feels like83°Precip0%Wind13 mphUV9Humidity16%
Hourly temperature
100°80°
Sunrise 5:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:45 PM
Tue 98°78°
Wed 96°72°
Thu 99°76°
Fri 99°79°
Sat 100°79°
Sun 95°77°

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