Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail is a 13-mile out-and-back in Pineforest near Prosser Lake Heights, CA. It climbs 1,565 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,896 – 6,493 ft · steepest grade: 22%13.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Alder Drive Trail 39.34599, -120.17602
Nearest town Prosser Lake Heights, CA
Directions
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Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail
13 mi · ▲ 1,565 ft · 5 hr 7 min
Elevation 5,897–6,492 ft
Out & Back · Pineforest
Trailhead: Alder Drive Trail · 39.34599, -120.17602
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
- Start on Alder Drive Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Comstock Drive Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear right onto East Perimeter Trail, heading NE.
- 1.9 miBear right onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading NE.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right onto Prosser Hill Motorcycle Loop, heading NE.
- 1.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading S.
- 200 ftBear left onto East Perimeter Trail, heading SE.
- 1.9 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Comstock Drive Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 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
90% dirt10% paved
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:27 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.3 mi · out & back · via Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail
- 2.3 mi · loop · via Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail
- 2.5 mi · out & back · via Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail
- 3.3 mi · out & back · via Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail
- 3.5 mi · out & back · via Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail
- 3.5 mi · out & back · via Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail
- 3.6 mi · out & back · via Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail
- 3.6 mi · out & back · via Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail
More from Alder Drive Trail Trailhead
- Comstock Drive Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 196 ft
- Comstock Drive Trail 3 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- East Perimeter Trail 5.7 mi · ▲ 655 ft
- East Perimeter Trail 6.1 mi · ▲ 820 ft
- East Perimeter Trail 9.8 mi · ▲ 1,240 ft
- Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail 10.9 mi · ▲ 1,312 ft
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