Chongo Boulder–Barker Dam Nature, 3 sights is a 6.3-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. The route reaches Chongo Boulder. It is mostly level, with 220 ft of elevation gain. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi4,085 – 4,282 ft6.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Quail Springs Historic Trail 34.02598, -116.18002
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA
Directions
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Chongo Boulder–Barker Dam Nature, 3 sights
6.3 mi · ▲ 220 ft · 2 hr 13 min
Elevation 4,085–4,281 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Quail Springs Historic Trail · 34.02598, -116.18002
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:46 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Keys Ranch Road, heading E.
- 0.8 miPass Chongo Boulder.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 300 ftBear left onto Barker Dam Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Barker Dam Nature, heading E.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Wall Street Mill Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftReach Chongo Boulder, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Barker Dam Nature, heading NE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Barker Dam Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
- 350 ftBear right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Keys Ranch Road, heading W.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
58% dirt42% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:46 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.0 mi in (~80 min). Leave by 5:06 PM for the 6:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:15 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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