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Old Lost Horse Road Trail is a 9.8-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. It climbs 375 ft. It scores 82/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi4,039 – 4,206 ft10.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Old Lost Horse Road Trail 33.99780, -116.16410
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA

Directions

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Old Lost Horse Road Trail

9.8 mi · ▲ 375 ft · 3 hr 27 min

Elevation 4,037–4,206 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Old Lost Horse Road Trail · 33.99780, -116.16410

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 100 ftContinue straight onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading NW.
  3. 1.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
  5. 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
  6. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  7. 250 ftBear left, heading N.
  8. 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
  9. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  12. 0.4 miTurn left onto Keys Ranch Road, heading NE.
  13. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  14. 1 miSharp right, heading W.
  15. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  16. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  17. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  18. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  19. 1.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  20. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  21. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  22. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  23. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  24. 0.6 miBear right, heading SW.
  25. 300 ftBear right, heading W.
  26. 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
  27. 0.5 miBear right, heading SW.
  28. 0.3 miTurn left onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading SE.
  29. 1.2 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

26% sand9% dirt65% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:46 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.0 mi in (~99 min). Leave by 4:46 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

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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