Boy Scout Trail is a 10.9-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. It climbs 325 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 90/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Boy Scout Trail
10.9 mi · ▲ 325 ft · 3 hr 48 min
Elevation 4,034–4,210 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Keys Ranch Road · 34.02512, -116.15925
Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 98°F / low 77° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:45 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Keys Ranch Road, heading NW.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading W.
- 300 ftSharp right onto Boy Scout Trail, heading W.
- 3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 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.
- 1.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~27 min). Leave by 6:58 PM for the 7:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:30 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
More from Keys Ranch Road Trailhead
- Pope's Crack–Heart and Sole, 4 cliffs 2.1 mi · ▲ 91 ft
- Keys Ranch Road 2.9 mi · ▲ 107 ft
- Keys Ranch Road 4.2 mi · ▲ 162 ft
- Outer Mongolia Climbing Area & Willow Hole Trail via Boy Scout Trail 7.8 mi · ▲ 135 ft
- Old Lost Horse Road Trail 8.1 mi · ▲ 325 ft
- Big Trees Loop Trail–Lost Horse Trail, 4 sights 16 mi · ▲ 797 ft
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