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 Aug 4: sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:45 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 5:58 AMSunset 7:45 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~16 min). Leave by 7:09 PM for the 7:45 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
More from this trailhead
- Keys Ranch Road 3.7 mi · ▲ 134 ft
- Keys Ranch Road 3.8 mi · ▲ 187 ft
- Big Mo–Touch and Go Face, 3 cliffs 3.9 mi · ▲ 135 ft
- Fun Stuff via Keys Ranch Road 4 mi · ▲ 188 ft
- Old Lost Horse Road Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 162 ft
- Heart and Sole & Chongo Boulder via Keys Ranch Road 4.6 mi · ▲ 188 ft
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