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Fun Stuff via Keys Ranch Road is a 4-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. The route reaches Fun Stuff at the turnaround, 2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 188 ft of elevation gain. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi4,072 – 4,219 ft4.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.02456, -116.18054
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA

Directions

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Fun Stuff via Keys Ranch Road

4 mi · ▲ 188 ft · 1 hr 26 min

Elevation 4,072–4,220 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 34.02456, -116.18054

Weather Aug 3: sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:45 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 100 ftBear left, heading N.
  3. 250 ftBear left, heading N.
  4. 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
  5. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  8. 0.4 miTurn right onto Keys Ranch Road, heading NE.
  9. 0.8 miBear left, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  11. 50 ftReach Fun Stuff, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 100 ftBear right, heading S.
  13. 0.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
  14. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  16. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  17. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  18. 0.6 miBear right, heading SW.
  19. 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
  20. 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

58% dirt42% 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 8:14 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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