Big Pine Trail & North View via Boy Scout Trail

13.2 mi · ▲ 539 ft · 4 hr 40 min

Big Pine Trail & North View via Boy Scout Trail is a 13.2-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. It climbs 539 ft. It scores 92/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi4,032 – 4,226 ft13.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Keys Ranch Road 34.03362, -116.16705
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA

Directions

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Big Pine Trail & North View via Boy Scout Trail

13.2 mi · ▲ 539 ft · 4 hr 40 min

Elevation 4,034–4,225 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Keys Ranch Road · 34.03362, -116.16705

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:46 PM

No dogs on part of this route · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Keys Ranch Road, heading NW.
  2. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  3. 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
  4. 0.8 miTurn left, heading W.
  5. 250 ftSharp right onto Boy Scout Trail, heading NE.
  6. 3 miTurn left onto Big Pine Trail, heading W.
  7. 1.7 miTurn left onto North View, heading W.
  8. 0.2 miReach Big Pine Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right onto Big Pine Trail, heading NE.
  10. 1.7 miTurn right onto Boy Scout Trail, heading NE.
  11. 3 miSharp left, heading S.
  12. 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
  13. 0.8 miTurn left, heading S.
  14. 0.5 miTurn right onto Keys Ranch Road, heading E.
  15. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

45% dirt55% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:46 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.2 mi in (~54 min). Leave by 5:31 PM for the 6:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:55 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • No dogs on part of this route
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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