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Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail is a 15.7-mile out-and-back in Pineforest near Prosser Lakeview Estates, CA. It climbs 1,967 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,880 – 6,493 ft · steepest grade: 21%16.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.34940, -120.16490
Nearest town Prosser Lakeview Estates, CA

Directions

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Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail

15.7 mi · ▲ 1,967 ft · 6 hr 13 min

Elevation 5,881–6,492 ft

Out & Back · Pineforest

Trailhead: 39.34940, -120.16490

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:25 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 250 ftBear right, heading N.
  3. 450 ftTurn left onto Prosser Dam Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.4 miTurn right onto SR 89 Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
  6. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  7. 200 ftTurn right onto Alder Drive Trail, heading W.
  8. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Comstock Drive Trail, heading SW.
  9. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  10. 0.6 miSharp right, heading SW.
  11. 0.6 miBear right onto East Perimeter Trail, heading NW.
  12. 1.9 miBear right onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading N.
  13. 250 ftBear right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading N.
  14. 400 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading NW.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading NW.
  16. 1.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  17. 250 ftBear right onto Prosser Hill Motorcycle Loop, heading NE.
  18. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  19. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  20. 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
  21. 450 ftTurn right onto South Prosser Creek Spur, heading W.
  22. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  23. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  24. 450 ftBear right, heading S.
  25. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  26. 0.2 miTurn right onto Prosser Hill Motorcycle Loop, heading S.
  27. 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
  28. 250 ftTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading S.
  29. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  30. 1 miTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading SW.
  31. 0.2 miTurn right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading SW.
  32. 400 ftBear left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading W.
  33. 250 ftBear left onto East Perimeter Trail, heading W.
  34. 1.9 miBear left, heading S.
  35. 0.6 miSharp left, heading SE.
  36. 0.6 miTurn left onto Comstock Drive Trail, heading E.
  37. 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
  38. 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  39. 0.3 miSharp right onto SR 89 Trail, heading N.
  40. 0.3 miTurn left onto Prosser Dam Trail, heading E.
  41. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
  42. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  43. 400 ftBear left, heading SW.
  44. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

81% dirt15% paved4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:25 PM

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