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Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail is a 13.1-mile out-and-back in Pineforest near Prosser Lake Heights, CA. It climbs 1,834 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,896 – 6,493 ft · steepest grade: 23%13.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Comstock Drive Trail 39.34422, -120.17923
Nearest town Prosser Lake Heights, CA

Directions

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Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail

13.1 mi · ▲ 1,834 ft · 5 hr 17 min

Elevation 5,897–6,492 ft

Out & Back · Pineforest

Trailhead: Comstock Drive Trail · 39.34422, -120.17923

Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 63°F / low 41° · precip 3% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

  1. Start on Comstock Drive Trail, heading SW.
  2. 0.4 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. 250 ftBear right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading N.
  7. 400 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. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  13. 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
  14. 450 ftTurn right onto South Prosser Creek Spur, heading W.
  15. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  16. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  17. 450 ftBear right, heading SW.
  18. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  19. 0.2 miTurn right onto Prosser Hill Motorcycle Loop, heading E.
  20. 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
  21. 250 ftTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading SE.
  22. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  23. 1 miTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading W.
  24. 0.2 miTurn right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading SW.
  25. 400 ftBear left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading S.
  26. 250 ftBear left onto East Perimeter Trail, heading S.
  27. 1.9 miBear left, heading S.
  28. 0.6 miSharp left, heading E.
  29. 0.6 miTurn left onto Comstock Drive Trail, heading E.
  30. 0.3 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

94% dirt6% paved

Weather

OvercastTemperature 63°F41°
Feels like41°Precip3%Wind3 mphUV6Humidity65%
Hourly temperature
65°40°
Sunrise 6:34 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:27 PM
Sun 63°40°
Mon 73°37°
Tue 75°44°
Wed 78°51° 20%
Thu 79°55°
Fri 76°50°

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