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Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail is a 12.7-mile out-and-back in Pineforest near Prosser Lake Heights, CA. It climbs 1,539 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,896 – 6,493 ft · steepest grade: 24%13.2 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

12.7 mi · ▲ 1,539 ft · 5 hr

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

  1. Start on Comstock Drive Trail, heading SW.
  2. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
  3. 0.6 miSharp right, heading NW.
  4. 0.6 miBear right onto East Perimeter Trail, heading NE.
  5. 1.9 miBear right onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading NW.
  6. 200 ftBear right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading N.
  7. 450 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading E.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading N.
  9. 1.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  10. 250 ftBear right onto Prosser Hill Motorcycle Loop, heading NE.
  11. 1.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  12. 1.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  13. 250 ftTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading SE.
  14. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  15. 1 miTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading SW.
  16. 0.2 miTurn right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading S.
  17. 400 ftBear left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading S.
  18. 250 ftBear left onto East Perimeter Trail, heading S.
  19. 1.9 miBear left, heading S.
  20. 0.6 miSharp left, heading SE.
  21. 0.6 miTurn left onto Comstock Drive Trail, heading E.
  22. 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

92% dirt8% 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°

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