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Keys Ranch Road is a 2.8-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. It is mostly level, with 54 ft of elevation gain. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi4,039 – 4,114 ft3.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.03922, -116.18618
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA

Directions

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Keys Ranch Road

2.8 mi · ▲ 54 ft · 58 min

Elevation 4,037–4,115 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 34.03922, -116.18618

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

Toilets at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  3. 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
  4. 1 miTurn left onto Keys Ranch Road, heading SE.
  5. 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  6. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  7. 1 miSharp right, heading W.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  9. 0.1 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% dirt2% paved96% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:46 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~26 min). Leave by 6:00 PM for the 6:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:25 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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