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Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail is a 15.3-mile out-and-back in Pineforest near Hobart Mills, CA. It climbs 2,249 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,820 – 6,493 ft · steepest grade: 22%16.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.39387, -120.18937
Nearest town Hobart Mills, CA

Directions

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Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail

15.3 mi · ▲ 2,249 ft · 6 hr 13 min

Elevation 5,820–6,492 ft

Out & Back · Pineforest

Trailhead: 39.39387, -120.18937

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 6:59 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  5. 0.7 miTurn left onto South Prosser Creek Spur, heading S.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  7. 450 ftBear right, heading SW.
  8. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right onto Prosser Hill Motorcycle Loop, heading E.
  10. 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
  11. 250 ftTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading SE.
  12. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  13. 1 miTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading SW.
  14. 0.2 miTurn right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading S.
  15. 400 ftBear left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading S.
  16. 250 ftBear left onto East Perimeter Trail, heading SE.
  17. 1.9 miBear left, heading S.
  18. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
  19. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  20. 0.1 miSharp left onto Trout Creek Trail, heading SE.
  21. 0.3 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  22. 0.3 miSharp right, heading NW.
  23. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  24. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  25. 0.6 miBear right onto East Perimeter Trail, heading NW.
  26. 1.9 miBear right onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading N.
  27. 200 ftBear right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading NE.
  28. 400 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading N.
  29. 0.2 miTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading NW.
  30. 1.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  31. 200 ftBear right onto Prosser Hill Motorcycle Loop, heading NE.
  32. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
  33. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  34. 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
  35. 450 ftTurn right onto South Prosser Creek Spur, heading N.
  36. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  37. 0.7 miTurn right, heading N.
  38. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  39. 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
  40. 0.1 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

96% dirt4% paved

Weather

Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 6:59 PM

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