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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

  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. 0.4 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. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  17. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  18. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  19. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  20. 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
  21. 250 ftBear right, heading W.
  22. 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.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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