Quail Springs Rock Exhibit Area & Trashcan Rock - East Face via Old Lost Horse Road Trail is a 5.4-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. The route passes Quail Springs Rock Exhibit Area before reaching Trashcan Rock - East Face at the turnaround, 2.7 miles in. It is mostly level, with 244 ft of elevation gain. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi3,954 – 4,121 ft5.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 34.02678, -116.17712
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA
Directions
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Quail Springs Rock Exhibit Area & Trashcan Rock - East Face via Old Lost Horse Road Trail
5.4 mi · ▲ 244 ft · 1 hr 55 min
Elevation 3,955–4,121 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 34.02678, -116.17712
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 W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Mindless Mound Approach, heading W.
- 250 ftBear right onto Quail Springs Historic Trail, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 250 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Old Lost Horse Road Trail, heading NW.
- 1.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
- 100 ftPass Trashcan Rock - East Face.
- 50 ftReach Quail Springs Rock Exhibit Area, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 1.8 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Quail Springs Historic Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left onto Mindless Mound Approach, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 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
51% sand1% paved1% dirt47% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:46 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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