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Old Lost Horse Road Trail is an 8.8-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. It climbs 322 ft. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi4,062 – 4,223 ft9.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 33.99503, -116.16370
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA

Directions

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Old Lost Horse Road Trail

8.8 mi · ▲ 322 ft · 3 hr 6 min

Elevation 4,062–4,222 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 33.99503, -116.16370

Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 98°F / low 77° · precip 0% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 5:59 AM · sunset 7:44 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading NW.
  3. 1.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  5. 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
  6. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  7. 300 ftBear left, heading N.
  8. 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
  9. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  12. 0.4 miTurn left onto Keys Ranch Road, heading NE.
  13. 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  14. 0.7 miTurn right, heading SE.
  15. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  16. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  17. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  18. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  19. 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
  20. 250 ftBear right, heading W.
  21. 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
  22. 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
  23. 0.3 miTurn left onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading S.
  24. 1.4 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

29% sand10% dirt61% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 98°F77°
Feels like80°Precip0%Wind8 mphUV9Humidity13%
Hourly temperature
100°75°
Sunrise 5:59 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:44 PM
Tue 97°75°
Wed 94°70°
Thu 97°76°
Fri 98°80°
Sat 100°81°
Sun 95°79°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.1 mi in (~103 min). Leave by 5:41 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:45 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

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