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Trashcan Rock - West Face–Quails Springs Historic, 3 sights is a 7.1-mile out-and-back near Panorama Heights, CA. The route reaches Trashcan Rock - West Face. It climbs 375 ft. It scores 88/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi3,737 – 3,980 ft7.3 mi

Getting there

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

Directions

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Trashcan Rock - West Face–Quails Springs Historic, 3 sights

7.1 mi · ▲ 375 ft · 2 hr 33 min

Elevation 3,737–3,980 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 34.03981, -116.19711

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 99°F / low 79° · precip 0% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 5:58 AM · sunset 7:45 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  3. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftPass Trashcan Rock - West Face.
  5. 150 ftBear left onto Quails Springs Historic, heading W.
  6. 1 miContinue straight onto Quail Wash, heading NW.
  7. 1.8 miTurn right onto Bigfoot Trail, heading SW.
  8. 350 ftContinue straight onto Samuelson West Trail, heading N.
  9. 0.7 miReach Trashcan Rock - West Face, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Bigfoot Trail, heading SE.
  11. 350 ftTurn left onto Quail Wash, heading SE.
  12. 1.8 miContinue straight onto Quails Springs Historic, heading SE.
  13. 1 miBear right, heading SE.
  14. 150 ftBear right, heading E.
  15. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  16. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

48% gravel1% paved51% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 99°F79°
Feels like81°Precip0%Wind7 mphUV9Humidity11%
Hourly temperature
100°75°
Sunrise 5:58 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:45 PM
Tue 99°76°
Wed 95°71°
Thu 97°74°
Fri 98°78°
Sat 100°79°
Sun 95°78°

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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