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
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading SE.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
- 300 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Keys Ranch Road, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 1 miSharp right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
- 250 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading S.
- 1.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 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.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Old Lost Horse Road Trail
- 4.3 mi · out & back · via Old Lost Horse Road Trail
- 4.6 mi · out & back · via Old Lost Horse Road Trail
- 4.7 mi · out & back · via Old Lost Horse Road Trail
- 4.9 mi · out & back · via Old Lost Horse Road Trail
- 5.3 mi · out & back · via Old Lost Horse Road Trail
- 6.1 mi · out & back · via Old Lost Horse Road Trail
- 6.9 mi · out & back · via Old Lost Horse Road Trail
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