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Old Lost Horse Road Trail is a 9.5-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. It climbs 407 ft. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi3,954 – 4,190 ft10.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.03922, -116.18618
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA

Directions

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Old Lost Horse Road Trail

9.5 mi · ▲ 407 ft · 3 hr 22 min

Elevation 3,955–4,189 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 34.03922, -116.18618

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:46 PM

Toilets at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  3. 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
  4. 1 miTurn right onto Keys Ranch Road, heading SE.
  5. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  6. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  8. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  10. 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
  11. 250 ftBear right, heading S.
  12. 0.6 miTurn right onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading SW.
  13. 1.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
  14. 500 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  15. 1.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
  16. 0.6 miBear left, heading NE.
  17. 250 ftBear left, heading NE.
  18. 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
  19. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  20. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  21. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  22. 0.4 miTurn left onto Keys Ranch Road, heading E.
  23. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  24. 1 miSharp right, heading W.
  25. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  26. 400 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

29% sand9% dirt62% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:46 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~27 min). Leave by 5:59 PM for the 6:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:26 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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