Bigfoot Trail is a 10.3-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. It climbs 900 ft. It scores 89/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi3,737 – 4,160 ft10.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 34.07788, -116.24086
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA
Directions
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Bigfoot Trail
10.3 mi · ▲ 900 ft · 3 hr 53 min
Elevation 3,737–4,159 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 34.07788, -116.24086
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 99°F / low 80° · precip 0% · wind 15 mph · sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:45 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Bigfoot Trail, heading SE.
- 2.1 miTurn left onto Quail Wash, heading E.
- 1.8 miContinue straight onto Quails Springs Historic, heading SE.
- 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Quail Wash, heading NW.
- 1.8 miTurn right onto Bigfoot Trail, heading SW.
- 2.1 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.5 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
33% gravel67% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 99°F80°
Feels like83°Precip0%Wind15 mphUV9Humidity15%
Hourly temperature
100°80°
Sunrise 5:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:45 PM
Tue
99°78°
Wed
96°74°
Thu
98°75°
Fri
99°78°
Sat
99°78°
Sun
95°76°
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~7 min). Leave by 7:19 PM for the 7:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:05 PM — 7 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Creosote Trail via Bigfoot Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 459 ft
- Samuelson West Trail via Bigfoot Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 657 ft
- Bigfoot Trail & Panorama Trail 7.2 mi · ▲ 1,201 ft
- Johnny Lang Connector via Bigfoot Trail 13.7 mi · ▲ 1,390 ft
- Banana Cracks - West Face–Trashcan Rock - West Face, 3 cliffs 15.9 mi · ▲ 1,218 ft
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