Beaver Pond & Dutch Flat Donner Lake Wagon Road is a 2.2-mile out-and-back in Donner Memorial State Park near Weeks Tract, CA. The route reaches Beaver Pond. It climbs 430 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi6,073 – 6,385 ft · steepest grade: 20%2.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.32593, -120.30097
Nearest town Weeks Tract, CA
Directions
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Beaver Pond & Dutch Flat Donner Lake Wagon Road
2.2 mi · ▲ 430 ft · 57 min
Elevation 6,073–6,384 ft
Out & Back · Donner Memorial State Park
Trailhead: 39.32593, -120.30097
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 85°F / low 52° · precip 0% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:13 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.2 miPass Beaver Pond.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Original Lincoln Highway Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miReach Beaver Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Dutch Flat Donner Lake Wagon Road, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 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
70% dirt30% gravel
Weather
ClearTemperature 85°F52°
Precip0%Wind9 mphUV8Humidity18%
Hourly temperature
85°50°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:13 PM
Tue
86°61°
Wed
85°58°
Thu
88°57°
Fri
88°58°
Sat
88°59°
Sun
89°57°
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