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Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail is a 15.6-mile out-and-back in Pineforest near Prosser Lakeview Estates, CA. It climbs 1,964 ft, with sections as steep as 31% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,896 – 6,493 ft · steepest grade: 31%16.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: SR 89 Trail 39.35865, -120.17344
Nearest town Prosser Lakeview Estates, CA

Directions

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Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail

15.6 mi · ▲ 1,964 ft · 6 hr 11 min

Elevation 5,895–6,492 ft

Out & Back · Pineforest

Trailhead: SR 89 Trail · 39.35865, -120.17344

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

  1. Start on SR 89 Trail, heading S.
  2. 1 miTurn left, heading S.
  3. 250 ftTurn right onto Alder Drive Trail, heading W.
  4. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Comstock Drive Trail, heading SW.
  5. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  6. 0.6 miSharp right, heading SW.
  7. 0.6 miBear right onto East Perimeter Trail, heading NW.
  8. 1.9 miBear right onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading N.
  9. 200 ftTurn right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading NW.
  10. 450 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading N.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading N.
  12. 1.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  13. 200 ftBear right onto Prosser Hill Motorcycle Loop, heading NE.
  14. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  16. 0.4 miBear left, heading NW.
  17. 450 ftTurn right onto South Prosser Creek Spur, heading W.
  18. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  19. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  20. 450 ftBear right, heading S.
  21. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  22. 0.2 miTurn right onto Prosser Hill Motorcycle Loop, heading S.
  23. 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
  24. 250 ftTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading SW.
  25. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  26. 1 miTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading SW.
  27. 0.2 miTurn right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading W.
  28. 400 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading SW.
  29. 200 ftBear left onto East Perimeter Trail, heading S.
  30. 1.9 miBear left, heading S.
  31. 0.6 miSharp left, heading E.
  32. 0.6 miTurn left onto Comstock Drive Trail, heading SE.
  33. 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
  34. 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  35. 0.3 miContinue straight onto SR 89 Trail, heading E.
  36. 0.4 miArrive 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% dirt18% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:27 PM

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