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Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail is a 7-mile out-and-back near Meadow Lake Park, CA. It climbs 913 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,896 – 6,408 ft · steepest grade: 22%7.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.35108, -120.20790
Nearest town Meadow Lake Park, CA

Directions

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Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail

7 mi · ▲ 913 ft · 2 hr 47 min

Elevation 5,897–6,408 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 39.35108, -120.20790

Weather Sep 22: Overcast, high 71°F / low 41° · precip 6% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 6:59 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 150 ftContinue straight onto East Perimeter Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.7 miBear right onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading N.
  4. 200 ftTurn right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading E.
  5. 450 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading NE.
  6. 0.2 miTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading NE.
  7. 1.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  8. 200 ftBear right onto Prosser Hill Motorcycle Loop, heading NE.
  9. 1.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  10. 1.1 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 SW.
  15. 400 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading S.
  16. 200 ftBear left onto East Perimeter Trail, heading SE.
  17. 0.6 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

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 71°F41°
Precip6%Wind11 mphUV6Humidity31%
Hourly temperature
75°40°
Sunrise 6:49 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 6:59 PM
Wed 73°48°
Thu 75°50°
Fri 66°43°
Sat 71°41°
Sun 56°33°
Mon 66°30°

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