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Creosote Trail & Samuelson West Trail via Bigfoot Trail is a 3.3-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. It is mostly level, with 219 ft of elevation gain. It scores 88/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi3,786 – 4,039 ft3.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Creosote Trail 34.07294, -116.23752
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA

Directions

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Creosote Trail & Samuelson West Trail via Bigfoot Trail

3.3 mi · ▲ 219 ft · 1 hr 13 min

Elevation 3,785–4,038 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Creosote Trail · 34.07294, -116.23752

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 99°F / low 79° · precip 0% · wind 15 mph · sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:45 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Creosote Trail, heading SW.
  2. 0.6 miBear left onto Bigfoot Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.6 miTurn right onto Samuelson West Trail, heading W.
  4. 0.4 miReach Creosote Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.4 miTurn left onto Bigfoot Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.6 miBear right onto Creosote Trail, heading NE.
  7. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Weather

ClearTemperature 99°F79°
Feels like83°Precip0%Wind15 mphUV9Humidity16%
Hourly temperature
100°75°
Sunrise 5:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:45 PM
Tue 99°76°
Wed 95°72°
Thu 98°75°
Fri 99°78°
Sat 99°78°
Sun 94°76°

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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