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Johnny Lang Connector via Bigfoot Trail is a 13.7-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. It climbs 1,390 ft. It scores 90/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi3,737 – 4,328 ft13.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.07788, -116.24086
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA

Directions

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Johnny Lang Connector via Bigfoot Trail

13.7 mi · ▲ 1,390 ft · 5 hr 16 min

Elevation 3,737–4,329 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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.5 miSharp left onto Bigfoot Trail, heading SE.
  3. 2.1 miTurn left onto Quail Wash, heading E.
  4. 1.8 miContinue straight onto Quails Springs Historic, heading SE.
  5. 0.7 miTurn right onto Johnny Lang Connector, heading SE.
  6. 1.7 miReach Johnny Lang Connector, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 1.7 miTurn left onto Quails Springs Historic, heading NE.
  8. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Quail Wash, heading NW.
  9. 1.8 miTurn right onto Bigfoot Trail, heading SW.
  10. 2.1 miSharp right, heading W.
  11. 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

25% gravel75% 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

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Good to know

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