Boy Scout Trail is an 11.3-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. It climbs 406 ft. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi3,954 – 4,190 ft12.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 34.03981, -116.19711
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA
Directions
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Boy Scout Trail
11.3 mi · ▲ 406 ft · 3 hr 58 min
Elevation 3,955–4,189 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 34.03981, -116.19711
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:46 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading SE.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
- 300 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Keys Ranch Road, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 300 ftSharp right onto Boy Scout Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Keys Ranch Road, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
- 250 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading S.
- 1.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
24% sand13% dirt63% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:46 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 5.7 mi in (~146 min). Leave by 4:00 PM for the 6:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:23 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 4.2 mi · out & back · via Boy Scout Trail
- 6.2 mi · out & back · via Boy Scout Trail
- 6.4 mi · out & back · via Boy Scout Trail
- 6.6 mi · out & back · via Boy Scout Trail
- 7.1 mi · out & back · via Boy Scout Trail
- 7.4 mi · out & back · via Boy Scout Trail
- 10.9 mi · out & back · via Boy Scout Trail
- 11.1 mi · out & back · via Boy Scout Trail
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- Echo Tee Trail–Lost Horse Trail, 3 sights 11.5 mi · ▲ 322 ft
- Trashcan Rock - West Face–Johnny Lang Connector, 3 sights 4.1 mi · ▲ 553 ft
- Old Lost Horse Road Trail 8.6 mi · ▲ 351 ft
- Old Lost Horse Road Trail 9.9 mi · ▲ 378 ft
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