Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail is an 11.5-mile out-and-back in Pineforest near Gateway, CA. It climbs 1,720 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 26/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi5,896 – 6,493 ft · steepest grade: 23%12.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Euer Valley Road 39.33489, -120.19612
Nearest town Gateway, CA
Directions
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Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail
11.5 mi · ▲ 1,720 ft · 4 hr 42 min
Elevation 5,897–6,492 ft
Out & Back · Pineforest
Trailhead: Euer Valley Road · 39.33489, -120.19612
Weather Sep 21: Overcast, high 76°F / low 48° · precip 5% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:01 PM
- Start on Euer Valley Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear right onto East Perimeter Trail, heading NE.
- 1.9 miBear right onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading NW.
- 200 ftTurn 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 NE.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right onto Prosser Hill Motorcycle Loop, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn right onto South Prosser Creek Spur, heading W.
- 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 450 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Prosser Hill Motorcycle Loop, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading W.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading S.
- 200 ftBear left onto East Perimeter Trail, heading S.
- 1.9 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
- 200 ftBear right onto Euer Valley Road, heading SE.
- 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
OvercastTemperature 76°F48°
Precip5%Wind11 mphUV6Humidity31%
Hourly temperature
80°45°
Sunrise 6:48 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 7:01 PM
Tue
72°47°
Wed
77°48°
Thu
75°48°
Fri
68°43°
Sat
71°42°
Sun
66°39°
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- 3.6 mi · out & back · via Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail
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