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Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail is a 14.8-mile out-and-back in Pineforest near Prosser Lake Heights, CA. It climbs 1,913 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,893 – 6,493 ft · steepest grade: 22%15.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Prosser Dam Trail 39.34540, -120.17239
Nearest town Prosser Lake Heights, CA

Directions

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Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail

14.8 mi · ▲ 1,913 ft · 5 hr 53 min

Elevation 5,893–6,492 ft

Out & Back · Pineforest

Trailhead: Prosser Dam Trail · 39.34540, -120.17239

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

  1. Start on Prosser Dam Trail, heading NE.
  2. 300 ftSharp left onto SR 89 Trail, heading W.
  3. 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  5. 250 ftTurn right onto Alder Drive Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Comstock Drive Trail, heading SW.
  7. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  8. 0.6 miSharp right, heading SW.
  9. 0.6 miBear right onto East Perimeter Trail, heading NW.
  10. 1.9 miBear right onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading N.
  11. 150 ftTurn right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading N.
  12. 450 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading NW.
  14. 1.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  15. 250 ftBear right onto Prosser Hill Motorcycle Loop, heading NE.
  16. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  17. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  18. 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
  19. 450 ftTurn right onto South Prosser Creek Spur, heading W.
  20. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  21. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  22. 450 ftBear right, heading S.
  23. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  24. 0.2 miTurn right onto Prosser Hill Motorcycle Loop, heading S.
  25. 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
  26. 250 ftTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading S.
  27. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  28. 1 miTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading SW.
  29. 0.2 miTurn right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading W.
  30. 450 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading SW.
  31. 200 ftBear left onto East Perimeter Trail, heading S.
  32. 1.9 miBear left, heading S.
  33. 0.6 miSharp left, heading E.
  34. 0.6 miTurn left onto Comstock Drive Trail, heading SE.
  35. 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
  36. 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  37. 0.3 miSharp right onto SR 89 Trail, heading E.
  38. 0.3 miSharp right onto Prosser Dam Trail, heading E.
  39. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

86% dirt13% paved1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:27 PM

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