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Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail

3.8 mi · ▲ 564 ft · 1 hr 33 min

Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail is a 3.8-mile out-and-back near Meadow Lake Park, CA. It climbs 564 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 47/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi6,135 – 6,408 ft · steepest grade: 21%4.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.35108, -120.20790
Nearest town Meadow Lake Park, CA
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Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail

3.8 mi · ▲ 564 ft · 1 hr 33 min

Elevation 6,136–6,408 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 39.35108, -120.20790

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:11 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 150 ftContinue straight onto East Perimeter Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.7 miBear right onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading N.
  4. 200 ftTurn left onto Alder Creek Spur West, heading NW.
  5. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
  6. 0.1 miTurn left onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.5 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  8. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left onto Alder Creek Spur West, heading S.
  10. 0.5 miTurn right onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading SE.
  11. 200 ftBear left onto East Perimeter Trail, heading SE.
  12. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/commemorative-overland-emigrant-trail-out-back-6-km-56c9

Trail surface

97% dirt2% gravel1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:04 AMSunset 8:11 PM

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