Keys Ranch Road is a 5-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. It is mostly level, with 187 ft of elevation gain. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi4,039 – 4,190 ft5.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Quail Springs Historic Trail 34.02598, -116.18002
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA
Directions
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Keys Ranch Road
5 mi · ▲ 187 ft · 1 hr 46 min
Elevation 4,037–4,189 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Quail Springs Historic Trail · 34.02598, -116.18002
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:46 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.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 1 miSharp right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 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.
Trail surface
17% dirt83% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:46 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.6 mi in (~41 min). Leave by 5:45 PM for the 6:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:42 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.5 mi · out & back · via Keys Ranch Road
- 2.7 mi · out & back · via Keys Ranch Road
- 2.8 mi · out & back · via Keys Ranch Road
- 2.9 mi · out & back · via Keys Ranch Road
- 3.1 mi · out & back · via Keys Ranch Road
- 3.4 mi · out & back · via Keys Ranch Road
- 3.8 mi · out & back · via Keys Ranch Road
- 3.8 mi · out & back · via Keys Ranch Road
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