Lookout Trail

California

California

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2.7 mi

Distance

2,533 ft

Gain

58 min

Time

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What we do know

  • Inside Angeles National Forest

    2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.

    Boundary data

What's missing

  • No access route mapped

    We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.

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Through-trail
Out & back

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Elevation & route

Distance
2.7 mi
Elevation gain
2,533 ft
Elevation loss
2,533 ft
Highest point
4,844 ft
Lowest point
2,651 ft
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Managing agency
Forest Service

About this trail

Lookout Trail is a 5.32-mile out-and-back hike in California with 2,533 feet of elevation gain. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 4,844 feet.

Facts about this trail

The climb

Starts at
4,844 ft
High point
4,844 ft
Total climbing
2,533 ft
Total descent
2,533 ft
Steepest stretch
36% grade around mile 1.3 on the way out
Length (round trip)
5.3 mi
Shape
Out and back

It rolls up and down the whole way rather than holding one long climb.

Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)

When to go

Typical monthly averages (not a forecast) from the Sandberg, CA weather station, 25 mi away. High / low in °F.

  1. Jan52° high39° low
  2. Feb53° high38° low
  3. Mar57° high41° low
  4. Apr62° high43° low
  5. May70° high49° low
  6. Jun80° high58° low
  7. Jul88° high65° low
  8. Aug88° high65° low
  9. Sep83° high61° low
  10. Oct71° high52° low
  11. Nov60° high44° low
  12. Dec52° high38° low

Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020

Where it is

Managed by
Forest Service

Source: USFS EDW boundaries; USGS PAD-US 4.1

Conditions

Active alerts for Angeles National Forest as of Oct 9, 2026:

Source: USFS forest alerts

Nearby

Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)

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