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Desert Trail Drive–La Ferney Avenue, 3 sights

10.9 mi · ▲ 437 ft · 3 hr 51 min

Desert Trail Drive–La Ferney Avenue, 3 sights is a 10.9-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. It climbs 437 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi2,392 – 2,559 ft · steepest grade: 15%11.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Gianneli Road 34.14069, -116.19444
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA
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Desert Trail Drive–La Ferney Avenue, 3 sights

10.9 mi · ▲ 437 ft · 3 hr 51 min

Elevation 2,393–2,560 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Gianneli Road · 34.14069, -116.19444

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 108°F / low 81° · precip 0% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:45 PM

  1. Start on Gianneli Road, heading W.
  2. 0.5 miTurn right onto Miwok Road, heading N.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left onto Whitmoore Road, heading W.
  4. 0.4 miTurn left onto Sunnyslope Drive, heading W.
  5. 3.4 miContinue straight onto Desert Trail Drive, heading W.
  6. 0.5 miTurn left onto La Ferney Avenue, heading S.
  7. 0.6 miReach Pipeline Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.6 miTurn right onto Desert Trail Drive, heading E.
  9. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Pipeline Road, heading E.
  10. 3.4 miTurn right onto Whitmoore Road, heading S.
  11. 0.4 miTurn right onto Miwok Road, heading S.
  12. 0.1 miTurn left onto Gianneli Road, heading E.
  13. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/desert-trail-drive-la-ferney-avenue-out-back-4-sights

Trail surface

12% dirt88% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 108°F81°
Feels like88°Precip0%Wind9 mphUV9Humidity10%
Hourly temperature
110°80°
Sunrise 5:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:45 PM
Tue 107°77°
Wed 105°75°
Thu 106°82°
Fri 107°86°
Sat 107°86°
Sun 103°84°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 7:22 PM for the 7:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:03 PM — 9 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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