Keys Ranch Road
3.7 mi · ▲ 134 ft · 1 hr 18 min
Keys Ranch Road is a 3.7-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. It is mostly level, with 134 ft of elevation gain. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Keys Ranch Road
3.7 mi · ▲ 134 ft · 1 hr 18 min
Elevation 4,085–4,189 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Quail Springs Historic Trail · 34.02598, -116.18002
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 99°F / low 77° · precip 0% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:45 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Keys Ranch Road, heading E.
- 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.5 mi in (~40 min). Leave by 6:45 PM for the 7:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:39 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from Quail Springs Historic Trail Trailhead
- Keys Ranch Road 3.4 mi · ▲ 160 ft
- Keys Ranch Road 3.8 mi · ▲ 187 ft
- Big Mo–Touch and Go Face, 3 cliffs 3.9 mi · ▲ 135 ft
- Fun Stuff via Keys Ranch Road 4 mi · ▲ 188 ft
- Old Lost Horse Road Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 162 ft
- Chongo Boulder & Keys Ranch Road 4.5 mi · ▲ 188 ft
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