Keys Ranch Road is a 6-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. It is mostly level, with 215 ft of elevation gain. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi4,039 – 4,190 ft6.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Playhouse approach 34.02236, -116.17331
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA
Directions
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Keys Ranch Road
6 mi · ▲ 215 ft · 2 hr 6 min
Elevation 4,037–4,189 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Playhouse approach · 34.02236, -116.17331
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:46 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Hemingway-Playhouse Connector, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Quail Springs Historic Trail, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Keys Ranch Road, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 1 miSharp right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Quail Springs Historic Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Hemingway-Playhouse Connector, heading S.
- 0.2 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
17% dirt83% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:46 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.1 mi in (~54 min). Leave by 5:32 PM for the 6:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:55 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.5 mi · out & back · via Keys Ranch Road
- 2.7 mi · out & back · via Keys Ranch Road
- 2.8 mi · out & back · via Keys Ranch Road
- 2.9 mi · out & back · via Keys Ranch Road
- 3.1 mi · out & back · via Keys Ranch Road
- 3.4 mi · out & back · via Keys Ranch Road
- 3.7 mi · out & back · via Keys Ranch Road
- 3.8 mi · out & back · via Keys Ranch Road
More from Playhouse approach Trailhead
- Old Lost Horse Road Trail 9.7 mi · ▲ 216 ft
- Boy Scout Trail 7.4 mi · ▲ 243 ft
- Old Lost Horse Road Trail 5.3 mi · ▲ 242 ft
- Keys Ranch Road 4.7 mi · ▲ 161 ft
- Locomotion Rock–Sports Challenge Rock, 5 summits 5.3 mi · ▲ 371 ft
- Sports Challenge Rock–Entrance boulder, 4 rocks 4.6 mi · ▲ 258 ft
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