Boy Scout Trail
7.4 mi · ▲ 243 ft · 2 hr 35 min
Boy Scout Trail is a 7.4-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. It is mostly level, with 243 ft of elevation gain. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Boy Scout Trail
7.4 mi · ▲ 243 ft · 2 hr 35 min
Elevation 4,082–4,189 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Playhouse approach · 34.02236, -116.17331
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:46 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Hemingway-Playhouse Connector, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Quail Springs Historic Trail, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 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.
- 250 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.
- 300 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.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Quail Springs Historic Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Hemingway-Playhouse Connector, heading S.
- 0.2 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
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.7 mi in (~94 min). Leave by 4:52 PM for the 6:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:35 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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- 11.1 mi · out & back · via Boy Scout Trail
- 11.2 mi · out & back · via Boy Scout Trail
More from Playhouse approach Trailhead
- Old Lost Horse Road Trail 9.7 mi · ▲ 216 ft
- Old Lost Horse Road Trail 5.3 mi · ▲ 242 ft
- Keys Ranch Road 6 mi · ▲ 215 ft
- Keys Ranch Road 4.7 mi · ▲ 161 ft
- Locomotion Rock–Sports Challenge Rock, 5 summits 5.3 mi · ▲ 371 ft
- Sports Challenge Rock–Entrance boulder, 4 rocks 4.6 mi · ▲ 258 ft
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