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Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail is a 13.3-mile out-and-back in Pineforest near Prosser Lake Heights, CA. It climbs 1,572 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 28/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi5,896 – 6,493 ft · steepest grade: 23%14.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.36413, -120.21076
Nearest town Prosser Lake Heights, CA

Directions

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Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail

13.3 mi · ▲ 1,572 ft · 5 hr 13 min

Elevation 5,897–6,492 ft

Out & Back · Pineforest

Trailhead: 39.36413, -120.21076

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:01 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
  3. 1.3 miBear left, heading E.
  4. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  5. 100 ftTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  7. 1 miTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading W.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading S.
  9. 450 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading SW.
  10. 200 ftBear left onto East Perimeter Trail, heading W.
  11. 1.9 miBear left, heading S.
  12. 0.6 miSharp left, heading SE.
  13. 0.6 miTurn right onto Comstock Drive Trail, heading E.
  14. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Pioneer Trail, heading SW.
  15. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Pioneer Trail/DPR RAB, heading E.
  16. 450 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  17. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  18. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  19. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  20. 350 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  21. 350 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  22. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  23. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  24. 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  25. 450 ftContinue straight onto Pioneer Trail, heading N.
  26. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Comstock Drive Trail, heading SW.
  27. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  28. 0.6 miSharp right, heading SW.
  29. 0.6 miBear right onto East Perimeter Trail, heading NW.
  30. 1.9 miBear right onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading N.
  31. 200 ftTurn right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading N.
  32. 450 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading SW.
  33. 0.2 miTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading N.
  34. 1 miTurn left, heading E.
  35. 100 ftBear left, heading E.
  36. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  37. 1.3 miSharp left, heading SW.
  38. 100 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

84% dirt12% paved4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:01 PM

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