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Big Pine Spur–Big Pine Trail, 3 sights is a 6-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. It climbs 502 ft. It scores 90/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi3,950 – 4,272 ft6.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Maze Loop Trail 34.08091, -116.24239
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA

Directions

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Big Pine Spur–Big Pine Trail, 3 sights

6 mi · ▲ 502 ft · 2 hr 15 min

Elevation 3,951–4,273 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Maze Loop Trail · 34.08091, -116.24239

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:22 AM · sunset 7:07 PM

No dogs on part of this route · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Maze Loop Trail, heading NE.
  2. 1.7 miContinue straight onto North View, heading N.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right onto Big Pine Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Big Pine Spur, heading N.
  5. 0.4 miReach North View, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Big Pine Trail, heading S.
  7. 0.7 miTurn left onto North View, heading W.
  8. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Maze Loop Trail, heading S.
  9. 1.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Weather

Sunrise 6:22 AMSunset 7:07 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~42 min). Leave by 6:05 PM for the 7:07 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:55 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • No dogs on part of this route
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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