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Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail is a 14.2-mile out-and-back in Pineforest near Prosser Lake Heights, CA. It climbs 1,636 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 26/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi5,893 – 6,493 ft · steepest grade: 21%15.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.36364, -120.21488
Nearest town Prosser Lake Heights, CA

Directions

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Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail

14.2 mi · ▲ 1,636 ft · 5 hr 33 min

Elevation 5,893–6,492 ft

Out & Back · Pineforest

Trailhead: 39.36364, -120.21488

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  3. 450 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  4. 1.3 miBear left, heading E.
  5. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  6. 50 ftTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading SE.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  8. 1 miTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading W.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading S.
  10. 450 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading SW.
  11. 200 ftBear left onto East Perimeter Trail, heading W.
  12. 1.9 miBear left, heading S.
  13. 0.6 miSharp left, heading SE.
  14. 0.6 miTurn left onto Comstock Drive Trail, heading E.
  15. 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
  16. 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
  17. 0.3 miSharp right onto SR 89 Trail, heading E.
  18. 0.3 miSharp right onto Prosser Dam Trail, heading N.
  19. 300 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  20. 300 ftSharp left onto SR 89 Trail, heading SW.
  21. 0.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
  22. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  23. 200 ftTurn right onto Alder Drive Trail, heading SW.
  24. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Comstock Drive Trail, heading SW.
  25. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  26. 0.6 miSharp right, heading W.
  27. 0.6 miBear right onto East Perimeter Trail, heading NW.
  28. 1.9 miBear right onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading SW.
  29. 200 ftTurn right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading NE.
  30. 450 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading N.
  31. 0.2 miTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading NW.
  32. 1 miTurn left, heading E.
  33. 100 ftBear left, heading E.
  34. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  35. 1.3 miSharp left, heading SW.
  36. 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
  37. 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

82% dirt14% paved4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:01 PM

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