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
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 450 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 1.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 1 miTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading SW.
- 200 ftBear left onto East Perimeter Trail, heading W.
- 1.9 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Comstock Drive Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto SR 89 Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Prosser Dam Trail, heading N.
- 300 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 300 ftSharp left onto SR 89 Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Alder Drive Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Comstock Drive Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear right onto East Perimeter Trail, heading NW.
- 1.9 miBear right onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading NW.
- 1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 100 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 1.3 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
82% dirt14% paved4% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:01 PM
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- 3.5 mi · out & back · via Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail
- 3.5 mi · out & back · via Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail
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- 3.6 mi · out & back · via Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail
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