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Big Pine Trail–Boy Scout Trail, 3 sights is a 13.3-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. It climbs 681 ft. It scores 92/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi4,032 – 4,232 ft13.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.04063, -116.18510
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA

Directions

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Big Pine Trail–Boy Scout Trail, 3 sights

13.3 mi · ▲ 681 ft · 4 hr 46 min

Elevation 4,033–4,232 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 34.04063, -116.18510

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:44 PM

No dogs on part of this route · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  3. 50 ftTurn right onto Boy Scout Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.7 miTurn left, heading N.
  5. 3 miTurn left onto Big Pine Trail, heading NW.
  6. 1.7 miTurn left onto North View, heading W.
  7. 0.2 miBear left onto Maze Loop Trail, heading S.
  8. 1 miReach Boy Scout Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 1 miBear right onto North View, heading N.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right onto Big Pine Trail, heading N.
  11. 1.7 miTurn right onto Boy Scout Trail, heading NE.
  12. 3 miTurn left, heading S.
  13. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
  14. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  15. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

57% dirt43% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:44 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~34 min). Leave by 5:50 PM for the 6:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:31 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • No dogs on part of this route
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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