Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail is a 10.6-mile out-and-back in Pineforest near Prosser Lake Heights, CA. It climbs 1,286 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,896 – 6,493 ft · steepest grade: 22%11.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Comstock Drive Trail 39.34574, -120.17838
Nearest town Prosser Lake Heights, CA
Directions
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Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail
10.6 mi · ▲ 1,286 ft · 4 hr 11 min
Elevation 5,897–6,492 ft
Out & Back · Pineforest
Trailhead: Comstock Drive Trail · 39.34574, -120.17838
Weather Sep 5: Partly cloudy, high 63°F / low 41° · precip 3% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
- Start on Comstock Drive Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear right onto East Perimeter Trail, heading NE.
- 1.9 miBear right onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading NW.
- 200 ftBear 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 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 S.
- 400 ftBear left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading S.
- 200 ftBear left onto East Perimeter Trail, heading SE.
- 1.9 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Comstock Drive Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 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
90% dirt10% paved
Weather
Partly cloudyTemperature 63°F41°
Precip3%Wind2 mphUV6Humidity61%
Hourly temperature
65°40°
Sunrise 6:34 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:27 PM
Sun
63°39°
Mon
73°37°
Tue
75°44°
Wed
78°51°
20%
Thu
79°55°
Fri
77°50°
Other ways to reach this destination
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- 2.3 mi · loop · via Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail
- 2.5 mi · out & back · via Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail
- 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
More from Comstock Drive Trail Trailhead
- Comstock Drive Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 137 ft
- Comstock Drive Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 136 ft
- Pioneer Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- Comstock Drive Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- East Perimeter Trail 5.2 mi · ▲ 697 ft
- East Perimeter Trail 5.4 mi · ▲ 695 ft
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