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Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail is a 10.8-mile out-and-back in Pineforest near Hobart Mills, CA. It climbs 1,490 ft, with sections as steep as 23% 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: 23%11.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.38747, -120.18810
Nearest town Hobart Mills, CA

Directions

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Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail

10.8 mi · ▲ 1,490 ft · 4 hr 21 min

Elevation 5,897–6,492 ft

Out & Back · Pineforest

Trailhead: 39.38747, -120.18810

Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 89°F / low 58° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:11 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Prosser Hill Motorcycle Loop, heading S.
  4. 1 miBear left, heading SE.
  5. 250 ftTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  7. 1 miTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading W.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading SE.
  9. 450 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading W.
  10. 200 ftBear left onto East Perimeter Trail, heading W.
  11. 1.9 miBear left, heading W.
  12. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
  13. 50 ftTurn left onto Euer Valley Road, heading SE.
  14. 300 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  15. 300 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  16. 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  17. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  18. 300 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  19. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  20. 0.6 miBear right onto East Perimeter Trail, heading W.
  21. 1.9 miBear right onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading E.
  22. 200 ftTurn right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading NW.
  23. 400 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading N.
  24. 0.2 miTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading N.
  25. 1.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  26. 250 ftBear right onto Prosser Hill Motorcycle Loop, heading NE.
  27. 1.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  28. 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

100% dirt

Weather

ClearTemperature 89°F58°
Precip0%Wind4 mphUV8Humidity25%
Hourly temperature
90°55°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:11 PM
Wed 88°59°
Thu 91°58°
Fri 92°59°
Sat 92°60°
Sun 91°59°
Mon 89°57°

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