Boy Scout Trail is an 11.2-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. It climbs 350 ft. It scores 84/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi4,062 – 4,203 ft11.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Old Lost Horse Road Trail 33.99817, -116.16458
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA
Directions
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Boy Scout Trail
11.2 mi · ▲ 350 ft · 3 hr 54 min
Elevation 4,062–4,202 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Old Lost Horse Road Trail · 33.99817, -116.16458
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 Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading NW.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 250 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 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 SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading SW.
- 300 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading SE.
- 1.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
23% sand13% dirt64% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:46 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 5.6 mi in (~140 min). Leave by 4:06 PM for the 6:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:22 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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