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Old Lost Horse Road Trail is a 9.9-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. It climbs 378 ft. It scores 82/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi3,954 – 4,190 ft10.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.03981, -116.19711
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA

Directions

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Old Lost Horse Road Trail

9.9 mi · ▲ 378 ft · 3 hr 29 min

Elevation 3,955–4,189 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 34.03981, -116.19711

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

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.4 miTurn left onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading SE.
  3. 1.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  4. 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
  5. 300 ftBear left, heading N.
  6. 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
  7. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  10. 0.4 miTurn left onto Keys Ranch Road, heading E.
  11. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  12. 1 miSharp right, heading W.
  13. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  14. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  16. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  17. 1.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  18. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  19. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  20. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  21. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  22. 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
  23. 250 ftBear right, heading W.
  24. 0.6 miTurn right onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading S.
  25. 1.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  26. 0.4 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

27% sand9% dirt64% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:46 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.0 mi in (~105 min). Leave by 4:41 PM for the 6:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:42 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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