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Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail is a 10.4-mile out-and-back near Meadow Lake Park, CA. It climbs 993 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 26/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi5,896 – 6,578 ft11.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.34327, -120.21865
Nearest town Meadow Lake Park, CA

Directions

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Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail

10.4 mi · ▲ 993 ft · 3 hr 58 min

Elevation 5,897–6,579 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 39.34327, -120.21865

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:00 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  3. 0.6 miBear right, heading N.
  4. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  5. 350 ftBear left, heading NW.
  6. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  8. 0.4 miContinue straight onto East Perimeter Trail, heading NW.
  9. 0.9 miSharp left, heading NW.
  10. 0.1 miSharp right onto Alder Creek Spur West, heading E.
  11. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  12. 0.1 miTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading E.
  13. 2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  14. 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  15. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
  16. 1.6 miTurn left, heading W.
  17. 0.1 miTurn right onto Alder Creek Spur West, heading NW.
  18. 0.4 miSharp left, heading W.
  19. 0.1 miSharp right onto East Perimeter Trail, heading SW.
  20. 1.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  21. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  22. 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
  23. 400 ftBear right, heading SE.
  24. 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
  25. 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
  26. 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

87% dirt5% gravel1% paved7% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 7:00 PM

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