Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail is a 9.4-mile out-and-back near Gateway, CA. It climbs 1,291 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,896 – 6,493 ft · steepest grade: 21%9.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: East Perimeter Trail 39.34158, -120.20011
Nearest town Gateway, CA
Directions
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Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail
9.4 mi · ▲ 1,291 ft · 3 hr 47 min
Elevation 5,897–6,492 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: East Perimeter Trail · 39.34158, -120.20011
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:01 PM
- Start on East Perimeter Trail, heading NW.
- 1.9 miBear right onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading N.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading N.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right onto Prosser Hill Motorcycle Loop, heading NE.
- 1.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading SE.
- 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.
- 400 ftBear left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading S.
- 250 ftBear left onto East Perimeter Trail, heading S.
- 1.8 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
Other ways to reach this destination
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- 2.3 mi · loop · via Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail
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- 3.3 mi · out & back · via Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail
- 3.5 mi · out & back · via Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail
- 3.5 mi · out & back · via Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail
- 3.6 mi · out & back · via Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail
- 3.6 mi · out & back · via Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail
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