Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail is a 15.4-mile out-and-back in Pineforest near Olympic Heights, CA. It climbs 1,384 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 14/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,883 – 6,493 ft · steepest grade: 22%16.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: South Gray's Crossing Loop 39.34014, -120.16853
Nearest town Olympic Heights, CA
Directions
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Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail
15.4 mi · ▲ 1,384 ft · 5 hr 50 min
Elevation 5,883–6,492 ft
Out & Back · Pineforest
Trailhead: South Gray's Crossing Loop · 39.34014, -120.16853
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 64°F / low 39° · precip 3% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Prosser Dam Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto SR 89 Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Alder Drive Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Comstock Drive Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear right onto East Perimeter Trail, heading NW.
- 1.9 miBear right onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading N.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 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 W.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading SW.
- 200 ftBear left onto East Perimeter Trail, heading S.
- 1.9 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Comstock Drive Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto SR 89 Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Prosser Dam Trail, heading E.
- 200 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.7 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 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
65% dirt15% paved20% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 64°F39°
Feels like38°Precip3%Wind5 mphUV7Humidity69%
Hourly temperature
65°35°
Sunrise 6:34 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:27 PM
Sun
63°41°
Mon
74°39°
Tue
77°46°
Wed
79°52°
23%
Thu
80°56°
15%
Fri
78°51°
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- 3.6 mi · out & back · via Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail
More from South Gray's Crossing Loop Trailhead
- South Gray's Crossing Loop 2.6 mi · ▲ 84 ft
- South Gray's Crossing Loop 3.1 mi · ▲ 193 ft
- Prosser Dam Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 82 ft
- SR 89 Trail 6.3 mi · ▲ 162 ft
- SR 89 Trail 7.2 mi · ▲ 329 ft
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