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Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail is a 12.3-mile out-and-back in Pineforest near Prosser Lake Heights, CA. It climbs 1,395 ft, with sections as steep as 21% 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: 21%13.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.34696, -120.16835
Nearest town Prosser Lake Heights, CA

Directions

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Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail

12.3 mi · ▲ 1,395 ft · 4 hr 48 min

Elevation 5,893–6,492 ft

Out & Back · Pineforest

Trailhead: 39.34696, -120.16835

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left onto Prosser Dam Trail, heading SW.
  4. 200 ftTurn right onto SR 89 Trail, heading W.
  5. 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
  6. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  7. 200 ftTurn right onto Alder Drive Trail, heading SW.
  8. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Comstock Drive Trail, heading S.
  9. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  10. 0.6 miSharp right, heading SW.
  11. 0.6 miBear right onto East Perimeter Trail, heading NW.
  12. 1.9 miBear right onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading N.
  13. 200 ftTurn right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading N.
  14. 450 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading NW.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading NW.
  16. 1.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  17. 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  18. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
  19. 1 miTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading W.
  20. 0.2 miTurn right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading SW.
  21. 450 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading S.
  22. 200 ftBear left onto East Perimeter Trail, heading SE.
  23. 1.9 miBear left, heading S.
  24. 0.6 miSharp left, heading E.
  25. 0.6 miTurn left onto Comstock Drive Trail, heading E.
  26. 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
  27. 200 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  28. 0.3 miSharp right onto SR 89 Trail, heading E.
  29. 0.2 miTurn left onto Prosser Dam Trail, heading E.
  30. 200 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  31. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  32. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

81% dirt15% paved4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:27 PM

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