Quail Springs Rock Exhibit Area–Trashcan Rock - East Face, 6 sights is a 15.4-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. The route passes Quail Springs Rock Exhibit Area, Trashcan Rock - East Face and Trashcan Rock - West Face. It climbs 1,105 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 90/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi3,383 – 4,272 ft · steepest grade: 16%15.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Creosote Trail 34.07294, -116.23752
Nearest town Panorama Heights, CA
Directions
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Quail Springs Rock Exhibit Area–Trashcan Rock - East Face, 6 sights
15.4 mi · ▲ 1,105 ft · 5 hr 41 min
Elevation 3,382–4,272 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Creosote Trail · 34.07294, -116.23752
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 99°F / low 79° · precip 0% · wind 15 mph · sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:45 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Creosote Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Bigfoot Trail, heading SW.
- 1.4 miTurn left onto Quail Wash, heading NE.
- 1.8 miContinue straight onto Quails Springs Historic, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Quail Springs Rock Exhibit Area.
- 50 ftPass Trashcan Rock - East Face.
- 150 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Trashcan Rock - West Face.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 3.6 miSharp right, heading W.
- 2.9 miTurn right onto Panorama Trail, heading NE.
- 3.2 miTurn left onto Bigfoot Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Creosote Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 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
14% gravel86% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 99°F79°
Feels like83°Precip0%Wind15 mphUV9Humidity16%
Hourly temperature
100°75°
Sunrise 5:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:45 PM
Tue
99°76°
Wed
95°72°
Thu
98°75°
Fri
99°78°
Sat
99°78°
Sun
94°76°
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.9 mi in (~126 min). Leave by 5:20 PM for the 7:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:07 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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