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Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail is a 9.7-mile out-and-back near Hobart Mills, CA. It climbs 1,246 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 27/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi5,820 – 6,365 ft · steepest grade: 20%10.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.39387, -120.18937
Nearest town Hobart Mills, CA

Directions

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Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail

9.7 mi · ▲ 1,246 ft · 3 hr 51 min

Elevation 5,820–6,365 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 39.39387, -120.18937

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  5. 0.7 miTurn left onto South Prosser Creek Spur, heading S.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  7. 450 ftBear right, heading SW.
  8. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right onto Prosser Hill Motorcycle Loop, heading E.
  10. 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
  11. 250 ftTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading SE.
  12. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  13. 1 miTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading SW.
  14. 0.2 miTurn right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading S.
  15. 400 ftBear left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading S.
  16. 250 ftTurn right onto East Perimeter Trail, heading SE.
  17. 400 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  18. 400 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading S.
  19. 200 ftBear right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading S.
  20. 400 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading W.
  21. 0.2 miTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading N.
  22. 1.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  23. 250 ftBear right onto Prosser Hill Motorcycle Loop, heading NE.
  24. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  25. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  26. 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
  27. 450 ftTurn right onto South Prosser Creek Spur, heading NW.
  28. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  29. 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
  30. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  31. 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
  32. 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

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:01 PM

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