Lookout Mountain via Onion Valley Road
12.5 mi · ▲ 1,251 ft · 4 hr 48 min
Lookout Mountain via Onion Valley Road is a 12.5-mile out-and-back near Campana, CA. The route reaches Lookout Mountain at the turnaround, 6.2 miles in. It climbs 1,251 ft. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Lookout Mountain via Onion Valley Road
12.5 mi · ▲ 1,251 ft · 4 hr 48 min
Elevation 4,519–5,144 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Plum Creek Road · 38.91041, -120.51100
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:06 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
- Start on Plum Creek Road, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 1.8 miContinue straight onto Onion Valley Road, heading SW.
- 1.2 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 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading E.
- 3.8 miTurn left onto Plum Creek Road, heading NW.
- 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
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.
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Plum Creek Road Trailhead
- Onion Valley Road via Plum Creek Road 7.3 mi · ▲ 774 ft
- Plum Creek Sunset Point–Plum Creek Road, 3 sights 15.6 mi · ▲ 2,372 ft
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