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Keys Ranch Road is a 4.7-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. It is mostly level, with 186 ft of elevation gain. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi4,039 – 4,190 ft5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.02813, -116.17949
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA

Directions

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Keys Ranch Road

4.7 mi · ▲ 186 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Elevation 4,037–4,189 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 34.02813, -116.17949

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 N.
  2. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  3. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  6. 0.4 miTurn left onto Keys Ranch Road, heading E.
  7. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  8. 1 miSharp right, heading W.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  10. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  12. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  13. 1.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  14. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  16. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  17. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  18. 0.4 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

18% dirt82% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:46 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.5 mi in (~37 min). Leave by 5:48 PM for the 6:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:39 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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