Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail is a 14.5-mile out-and-back in Pineforest near Prosser Lake Heights, CA. It climbs 1,648 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 16/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,893 – 6,493 ft · steepest grade: 24%15.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.34696, -120.16835
Nearest town Prosser Lake Heights, CA
Directions
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Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail
14.5 mi · ▲ 1,648 ft · 5 hr 39 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
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Prosser Dam Trail, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn right onto SR 89 Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Alder Drive Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Comstock Drive Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear right onto East Perimeter Trail, heading NW.
- 1.9 miBear right onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading NW.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftBear right onto Prosser Hill Motorcycle Loop, heading NE.
- 1.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading S.
- 200 ftBear left onto East Perimeter Trail, heading SW.
- 1.9 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.6 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Comstock Drive Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto SR 89 Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Prosser Dam Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
84% dirt13% paved3% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:27 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.3 mi · out & back · via Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail
- 2.3 mi · loop · via Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail
- 2.5 mi · out & back · via Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail
- 3.3 mi · out & back · via Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail
- 3.5 mi · out & back · via Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail
- 3.5 mi · out & back · via Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail
- 3.6 mi · out & back · via Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail
- 3.6 mi · out & back · via Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail
More from this trailhead
- SR 89 Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 109 ft
- SR 89 Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 277 ft
- SR 89 Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 109 ft
- East Perimeter Trail 7.2 mi · ▲ 738 ft
- East Perimeter Trail 7.6 mi · ▲ 903 ft
- East Perimeter Trail 11.2 mi · ▲ 1,323 ft
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