Cape Horn Trail & Emigrant Trail
3.8 mi · ▲ 465 ft · 1 hr 30 min
Cape Horn Trail & Emigrant Trail is a 3.8-mile out-and-back near Cape Horn, CA. It climbs 465 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi7,648 – 7,979 ft · steepest grade: 16%3.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Emigrant Trail 38.50593, -119.94296
Nearest town Cape Horn, CA
Directions
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Cape Horn Trail & Emigrant Trail
3.8 mi · ▲ 465 ft · 1 hr 30 min
Elevation 7,650–7,980 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Emigrant Trail · 38.50593, -119.94296
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 77°F / low 54° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:09 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Emigrant Trail, heading SW.
- 1.8 miBear right onto Cape Horn Trail, heading NW.
- 450 ftReach Emigrant Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 450 ftBear left onto Emigrant Trail, heading NE.
- 1.8 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
5% dirt95% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 77°F54°
Precip0%Wind6 mphUV9Humidity29%
Hourly temperature
80°50°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:09 PM
Tue
78°58°
Wed
78°55°
Thu
82°55°
Fri
83°57°
Sat
83°57°
Sun
83°56°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Cape Horn Trail–Emigrant Trail, 4 sights 11.6 mi · ▲ 1,537 ft
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