Big Pine Spur–Big Pine Trail, 5 sights is an 8.3-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. It climbs 791 ft. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi3,648 – 4,272 ft8.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 34.08971, -116.25881
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA
Directions
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Big Pine Spur–Big Pine Trail, 5 sights
8.3 mi · ▲ 791 ft · 3 hr 10 min
Elevation 3,648–4,273 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 34.08971, -116.25881
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:22 AM · sunset 7:07 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn right onto North Side Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto North Canyon Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp right onto North Side Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Maze Loop Trail, heading SE.
- 1.7 miContinue straight onto North View, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Big Pine Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Big Pine Spur, heading N.
- 0.4 miReach North Canyon Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Big Pine Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto North View, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Maze Loop Trail, heading SW.
- 1.7 miTurn right onto North Side Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto North Canyon Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto North Side Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunrise 6:22 AMSunset 7:07 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.5 mi in (~79 min). Leave by 5:28 PM for the 7:07 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:23 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- No dogs on part of this route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Burro Loop Access Trail via Burro Loop Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 390 ft
- North Canyon Trail & North Side Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 381 ft
- Backside Cutoff–Bad Manor, 5 sights 9.2 mi · ▲ 1,347 ft
- Bad Manor–Burro Loop Access Trail, 4 sights 10.1 mi · ▲ 1,453 ft
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