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Keys Ranch Road is a 2.5-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. It is mostly level, with 53 ft of elevation gain. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi4,042 – 4,114 ft2.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.04063, -116.18510
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA

Directions

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Keys Ranch Road

2.5 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 52 min

Elevation 4,042–4,115 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 34.04063, -116.18510

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:46 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 1 miTurn left onto Keys Ranch Road, heading N.
  3. 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  5. 1 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

2% dirt98% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:46 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~23 min). Leave by 6:03 PM for the 6:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:22 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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