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Dairy Queen Right & Chongo Boulder via Keys Ranch Road is a 4.8-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. The route passes Chongo Boulder before reaching Dairy Queen Right at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 341 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi4,085 – 4,315 ft · steepest grade: 27%5.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.02273, -116.15700
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA

Directions

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Dairy Queen Right & Chongo Boulder via Keys Ranch Road

4.8 mi · ▲ 341 ft · 1 hr 46 min

Elevation 4,085–4,314 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 34.02273, -116.15700

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 98°F / low 77° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:45 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftTurn right onto Keys Ranch Road, heading NW.
  4. 0.1 miPass Chongo Boulder.
  5. 0.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
  6. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  10. 0.6 miTurn left onto Quail Springs Historic Trail, heading S.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  12. 450 ftBear right onto Dairy Queen Right Approach, heading SE.
  13. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  14. 150 ftReach Dairy Queen Right, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
  16. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  17. 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
  18. 500 ftContinue straight onto Quail Springs Historic Trail, heading S.
  19. 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  20. 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
  21. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  22. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  23. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  24. 0.5 miTurn right onto Keys Ranch Road, heading E.
  25. 0.9 miTurn left, heading SE.
  26. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  27. 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

ClearTemperature 98°F77°
Feels like80°Precip0%Wind6 mphUV9Humidity13%
Hourly temperature
100°75°
Sunrise 5:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:45 PM
Tue 98°75°
Wed 94°68°
Thu 98°78°
Fri 99°81°
Sat 99°81°
Sun 94°78°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.5 mi in (~38 min). Leave by 6:47 PM for the 7:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:39 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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