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Echo Rock & Chongo Boulder via Keys Ranch Road is a 4.3-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. The route passes Chongo Boulder before reaching Echo Rock at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It climbs 371 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi4,101 – 4,341 ft4.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.02978, -116.17850
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA

Directions

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Echo Rock & Chongo Boulder via Keys Ranch Road

4.3 mi · ▲ 371 ft · 1 hr 37 min

Elevation 4,101–4,340 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 34.02978, -116.17850

Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 98°F / low 74° · precip 1% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 5:59 AM · sunset 7:44 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
  3. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  6. 0.5 miTurn right onto Keys Ranch Road, heading E.
  7. 0.8 miPass Chongo Boulder.
  8. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  10. 200 ftBear left, heading SE.
  11. 300 ftBear left onto Barker Dam Trail, heading NE.
  12. 450 ftContinue straight onto Approach to Snickers North Face, heading E.
  13. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  14. 500 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  15. 300 ftReach Echo Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 250 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  17. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Barker Dam Trail, heading S.
  18. 450 ftBear right, heading N.
  19. 350 ftBear right, heading S.
  20. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  21. 50 ftTurn right onto Keys Ranch Road, heading S.
  22. 0.9 miTurn left, heading W.
  23. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  24. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  25. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  26. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  27. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

63% dirt37% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 98°F74°
Feels like79°Precip1%Wind6 mphUV9Humidity14%
Hourly temperature
100°70°
Sunrise 5:59 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:44 PM
Wed 95°68°
Thu 97°77°
Fri 99°81°
Sat 100°82°
Sun 95°79°
Mon 94°75°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~26 min). Leave by 6:59 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:23 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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