Chongo Boulder & Keys Ranch Road is a 4.5-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. The route reaches Chongo Boulder at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It is mostly level, with 188 ft of elevation gain. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi4,072 – 4,223 ft4.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 34.02456, -116.18054
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA
Directions
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Chongo Boulder & Keys Ranch Road
4.5 mi · ▲ 188 ft · 1 hr 36 min
Elevation 4,072–4,223 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 34.02456, -116.18054
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:46 PM
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 right onto Keys Ranch Road, heading NE.
- 0.8 miPass Chongo Boulder.
- 0.2 miReach Chongo Boulder, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
- 250 ftBear 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
59% dirt41% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:46 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Fry Boulders–Lost Horse Trail, 4 sights 7.6 mi · ▲ 271 ft
- Boy Scout Trail 6.4 mi · ▲ 215 ft
- Boy Scout Trail 6.6 mi · ▲ 214 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
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