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
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Boy Scout Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading N.
- 3 miTurn left onto Big Pine Trail, heading NW.
- 1.7 miTurn left onto North View, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Maze Loop Trail, heading S.
- 1 miReach Boy Scout Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miBear right onto North View, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Big Pine Trail, heading N.
- 1.7 miTurn right onto Boy Scout Trail, heading NE.
- 3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 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.
Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
- Toilets at the trailhead
- 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
- 6.6 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
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