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Keys Ranch Road is a 5.1-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. It is mostly level, with 240 ft of elevation gain. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi4,039 – 4,190 ft5.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.02456, -116.18054
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA

Directions

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Keys Ranch Road

5.1 mi · ▲ 240 ft · 1 hr 49 min

Elevation 4,037–4,189 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 34.02456, -116.18054

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 100 ftBear left, heading N.
  3. 250 ftBear left, heading N.
  4. 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
  5. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  8. 0.4 miTurn left onto Keys Ranch Road, heading NE.
  9. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
  10. 1 miSharp right, heading W.
  11. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  12. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  13. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  14. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  15. 1.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  16. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
  17. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  18. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  19. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  20. 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
  21. 300 ftBear right, heading W.
  22. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

16% dirt84% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:46 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.7 mi in (~43 min). Leave by 5:43 PM for the 6:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:44 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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