Old Lost Horse Road Trail is an 8.1-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. It climbs 325 ft. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Old Lost Horse Road Trail
8.1 mi · ▲ 325 ft · 2 hr 52 min
Elevation 3,955–4,210 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Keys Ranch Road · 34.02512, -116.15925
Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 98°F / low 77° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:59 AM · sunset 7:44 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on 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 W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
- 250 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading W.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 500 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
- 250 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Keys Ranch Road, heading N.
- 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.
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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.4 mi in (~35 min). Leave by 6:49 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:36 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Old Lost Horse Road Trail
- 6.9 mi · out & back · via Old Lost Horse Road Trail
- 6.9 mi · out & back · via Old Lost Horse Road Trail
- 6.9 mi · out & back · via Old Lost Horse Road Trail
- 9.3 mi · out & back · via Old Lost Horse Road Trail
- 4.2 mi · out & back · via Old Lost Horse Road Trail
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