Old Emigrant Trail Road
4.4 mi · ▲ 223 ft · 1 hr 35 min
Old Emigrant Trail Road is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Donner Memorial State Park near Andover, CA. It is mostly level, with 223 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 46/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi5,945 – 6,185 ft5.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.30063, -120.25547
Nearest town Andover, CA
Directions
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Old Emigrant Trail Road
4.4 mi · ▲ 223 ft · 1 hr 35 min
Elevation 5,944–6,184 ft
Out & Back · Donner Memorial State Park
Trailhead: 39.30063, -120.25547
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:03 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 1.2 miTurn right onto Creek Overlook Road, heading NE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Cut Thru Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Old Emigrant Trail Road, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miReach Old Emigrant Trail Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Cut Thru Road, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Creek Overlook Road, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 1.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 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
81% dirt14% gravel5% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:03 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
- 1.9 mi · out & back · via Old Emigrant Trail Road
- 2.9 mi · out & back · via Old Emigrant Trail Road
- 3 mi · out & back · via Old Emigrant Trail Road
- 3.2 mi · out & back · via Old Emigrant Trail Road
- 3.3 mi · out & back · via Old Emigrant Trail Road
- 3.4 mi · out & back · via Old Emigrant Trail Road
- 4.3 mi · out & back · via Old Emigrant Trail Road
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- Dutch Flat Donner Lake Wagon Road–Emigrant Trail, 3 sights 16.1 mi · ▲ 2,700 ft
- Hewlett Road & South View Road 11.4 mi · ▲ 1,454 ft
- Cold Stream Road 6.7 mi · ▲ 545 ft
- Old Emigrant Trail Road 3.3 mi · ▲ 143 ft
- JP's Trail 10.1 mi · ▲ 1,152 ft
- Cold Stream Road 6 mi · ▲ 503 ft
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