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Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail is a 12-mile out-and-back in Pineforest near Prosser Lake Heights, CA. It climbs 1,368 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,893 – 6,493 ft · steepest grade: 22%12.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Prosser Dam Trail 39.34540, -120.17239
Nearest town Prosser Lake Heights, CA

Directions

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Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail

12 mi · ▲ 1,368 ft · 4 hr 41 min

Elevation 5,893–6,492 ft

Out & Back · Pineforest

Trailhead: Prosser Dam Trail · 39.34540, -120.17239

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

  1. Start on Prosser Dam Trail, heading NE.
  2. 300 ftSharp left onto SR 89 Trail, heading W.
  3. 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  5. 250 ftTurn right onto Alder Drive Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Comstock Drive Trail, heading SW.
  7. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  8. 0.6 miSharp right, heading SW.
  9. 0.6 miBear right onto East Perimeter Trail, heading NW.
  10. 1.9 miBear right onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading N.
  11. 150 ftTurn right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading N.
  12. 450 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading NW.
  14. 1.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  15. 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  16. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
  17. 1 miTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading W.
  18. 0.2 miTurn right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading S.
  19. 450 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading S.
  20. 200 ftBear left onto East Perimeter Trail, heading SE.
  21. 1.9 miBear left, heading S.
  22. 0.6 miSharp left, heading SE.
  23. 0.6 miTurn left onto Comstock Drive Trail, heading E.
  24. 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
  25. 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  26. 0.3 miSharp right onto SR 89 Trail, heading E.
  27. 0.3 miSharp right onto Prosser Dam Trail, heading NE.
  28. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

83% dirt16% paved1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:27 PM

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