Lower Freeway Wall & Chongo Boulder via Keys Ranch Road is a 4.9-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. The route passes Chongo Boulder before reaching Lower Freeway Wall at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 162 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi4,075 – 4,213 ft5.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 34.01834, -116.15965
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA
Directions
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Lower Freeway Wall & Chongo Boulder via Keys Ranch Road
4.9 mi · ▲ 162 ft · 1 hr 43 min
Elevation 4,074–4,213 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 34.01834, -116.15965
Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 98°F / low 77° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:45 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.4 miPass Chongo Boulder.
- 50 ftBear left onto Keys Ranch Road, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
- 250 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftReach Lower Freeway Wall, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 250 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 1.3 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 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
67% dirt33% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 98°F77°
Feels like80°Precip0%Wind6 mphUV9Humidity13%
Hourly temperature
100°75°
Sunrise 5:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:45 PM
Tue
98°75°
Wed
94°68°
Thu
98°78°
Fri
99°81°
Sat
99°81°
Sun
94°78°
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.8 mi in (~45 min). Leave by 6:40 PM for the 7:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:46 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Hunk Rock - East Face–Chongo Boulder, 3 cliffs 3.6 mi · ▲ 145 ft
- Chimney Rock–Chongo Boulder, 3 cliffs 4.1 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Banana Cracks - East Face–Mindless Mound, 3 cliffs 5.1 mi · ▲ 298 ft
- Chimney Rock–Chongo Boulder, 3 cliffs 10 mi · ▲ 605 ft
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