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Keys Ranch Road is a 4.3-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. It is mostly level, with 162 ft of elevation gain. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi4,062 – 4,190 ft4.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.02102, -116.18221
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA

Directions

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Keys Ranch Road

4.3 mi · ▲ 162 ft · 1 hr 31 min

Elevation 4,062–4,189 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 34.02102, -116.18221

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:45 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  3. 250 ftBear left, heading N.
  4. 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
  5. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  8. 0.4 miTurn left onto Keys Ranch Road, heading E.
  9. 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  10. 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
  11. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  12. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  13. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  14. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  15. 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
  16. 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
  17. 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

20% dirt80% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:58 AMSunset 7:45 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.9 mi in (~49 min). Leave by 6:36 PM for the 7:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:47 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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