Crest Divide Road–Emigrant Trail, 3 sights is an 8.1-mile out-and-back in Donner Memorial State Park near Southside Highlands, CA. It climbs 1,115 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 63/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,191 – 7,228 ft8.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.31417, -120.27135
Nearest town Southside Highlands, CA
Directions
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Crest Divide Road–Emigrant Trail, 3 sights
8.1 mi · ▲ 1,115 ft · 3 hr 15 min
Elevation 6,191–7,227 ft
Out & Back · Donner Memorial State Park
Trailhead: 39.31417, -120.27135
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:01 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Lakeview Canyon Road, heading SW.
- 1.4 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Emigrant Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Crest Divide Road, heading S.
- 1 miReach Lakeview Canyon Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miContinue straight onto Emigrant Trail, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Lakeview Canyon Road, heading NW.
- 1.4 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.5 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
94% dirt6% gravel
Weather
Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 7:01 PM
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