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Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail is a 5.8-mile out-and-back near Hobart Mills, CA. It climbs 585 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,896 – 6,178 ft6.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.38747, -120.18810
Nearest town Hobart Mills, CA

Directions

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Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail

5.8 mi · ▲ 585 ft · 2 hr 14 min

Elevation 5,897–6,177 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 39.38747, -120.18810

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:01 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Prosser Hill Motorcycle Loop, heading S.
  4. 1 miBear left, heading SE.
  5. 250 ftTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  7. 1 miTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading W.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading SE.
  9. 450 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading W.
  10. 200 ftTurn right onto East Perimeter Trail, heading W.
  11. 400 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  12. 400 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading W.
  13. 200 ftTurn right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading W.
  14. 400 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading N.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading NW.
  16. 1.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  17. 250 ftBear right onto Prosser Hill Motorcycle Loop, heading NE.
  18. 1.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  19. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:01 PM

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