Keys Ranch Road is a 5.7-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. It is mostly level, with 215 ft of elevation gain. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi4,039 – 4,190 ft6.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 34.02102, -116.18221
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA
Directions
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Keys Ranch Road
5.7 mi · ▲ 215 ft · 2 hr
Elevation 4,037–4,189 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 34.02102, -116.18221
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:45 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 250 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Keys Ranch Road, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 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 SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
- 250 ftBear right, heading W.
- 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
15% dirt85% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:58 AMSunset 7:45 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.8 mi in (~48 min). Leave by 6:37 PM for the 7:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:46 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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- Keys Ranch Road 4.3 mi · ▲ 162 ft
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