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Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail

4.9 mi · ▲ 584 ft · 1 hr 56 min

Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back near Meadow Lake Park, CA. It climbs 584 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 32/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi5,896 – 6,408 ft · steepest grade: 22%5.2 mi

Getting there

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

4.9 mi · ▲ 584 ft · 1 hr 56 min

Elevation 5,897–6,408 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 right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading E.
  5. 450 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading NE.
  6. 0.2 miTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading NE.
  7. 1.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  8. 200 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  9. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
  10. 1 miTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading W.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading S.
  12. 450 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading SE.
  13. 200 ftBear left onto East Perimeter Trail, heading W.
  14. 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-8-km-2ed1

Trail surface

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:04 AMSunset 8:11 PM

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