Lookout Mountain & Onion Valley Road

12.1 mi · ▲ 1,274 ft · 4 hr 40 min

Lookout Mountain & Onion Valley Road is a 12.1-mile out-and-back near Campana, CA. The route reaches Lookout Mountain. It climbs 1,274 ft. It scores 88/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi4,508 – 5,145 ft12.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Onion Valley Road 38.90661, -120.51710
Nearest town Campana, CA

Directions

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Lookout Mountain & Onion Valley Road

12.1 mi · ▲ 1,274 ft · 4 hr 40 min

Elevation 4,509–5,144 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Onion Valley Road · 38.90661, -120.51710

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:06 AM · sunset 8:11 PM

  1. Start on Onion Valley Road, heading S.
  2. 2.4 miSharp left, heading S.
  3. 0.8 miBear left, heading SW.
  4. 0.7 miSharp right, heading N.
  5. 1 miReach Lookout Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 1 miTurn right, heading W.
  7. 1.3 miSharp right, heading E.
  8. 1.7 miBear left, heading E.
  9. 3.3 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

8% dirt92% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:06 AMSunset 8:11 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:51 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:11 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:41 PM.

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