Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail is an 8.8-mile out-and-back in Pineforest near Gateway, CA. It climbs 1,175 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 25/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi5,896 – 6,493 ft · steepest grade: 24%9.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Euer Valley Road 39.33489, -120.19612
Nearest town Gateway, CA
Directions
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Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail
8.8 mi · ▲ 1,175 ft · 3 hr 31 min
Elevation 5,897–6,492 ft
Out & Back · Pineforest
Trailhead: Euer Valley Road · 39.33489, -120.19612
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:11 PM
- Start on Euer Valley Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn left, 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 N.
- 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 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 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 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 200 ftBear right onto Euer Valley Road, heading SE.
- 150 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 6:04 AMSunset 8:11 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
- 8.5 mi · loop · via Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail
- 2.3 mi · loop · via Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail
- 2.3 mi · loop · via Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail
- 4.6 mi · out & back · via Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail
- 4.4 mi · out & back · via Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail
- 2.5 mi · out & back · via Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail
More from Euer Valley Road Trailhead
- East Perimeter Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 518 ft
- East Perimeter Trail 4 mi · ▲ 683 ft
- Trout Creek Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 254 ft
- SR 89 Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 195 ft
- East Perimeter Trail 7.7 mi · ▲ 1,103 ft
- Overland Trail Connector Bypass–Overland Trail Connector, 3 sights 8.2 mi · ▲ 399 ft
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