Boy Scout Trail
6.6 mi · ▲ 214 ft · 2 hr 18 min
Boy Scout Trail is a 6.6-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. It is mostly level, with 214 ft of elevation gain. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Boy Scout Trail
6.6 mi · ▲ 214 ft · 2 hr 18 min
Elevation 4,072–4,189 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 34.02456, -116.18054
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:46 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 100 ftBear left, heading N.
- 250 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Keys Ranch Road, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
- 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 SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
- 250 ftBear right, heading W.
- 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
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.3 mi in (~84 min). Leave by 5:02 PM for the 6:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:23 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
- 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
- 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
- 11.2 mi · out & back · via Boy Scout Trail
More from this trailhead
- Fry Boulders–Lost Horse Trail, 4 sights 7.6 mi · ▲ 271 ft
- Boy Scout Trail 6.4 mi · ▲ 215 ft
- Chongo Boulder–Barker Dam Nature, 3 sights 6.3 mi · ▲ 220 ft
- Old Lost Horse Road Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 162 ft
- Keys Ranch Road 5 mi · ▲ 187 ft
- Keys Ranch Road 5.1 mi · ▲ 240 ft
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