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.
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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
- Start on Onion Valley Road, heading S.
- 2.4 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.7 miSharp right, heading N.
- 1 miReach Lookout Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 1.3 miSharp right, heading E.
- 1.7 miBear left, heading E.
- 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.
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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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