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Truckee River Legacy Trail is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Donner Memorial State Park near Gateway, CA. It is mostly level, with 199 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,883 – 6,017 ft5.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.32019, -120.20772
Nearest town Gateway, CA

Directions

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Truckee River Legacy Trail

5.2 mi · ▲ 199 ft · 1 hr 50 min

Elevation 5,883–6,019 ft

Out & Back · Donner Memorial State Park

Trailhead: 39.32019, -120.20772

Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 88°F / low 50° · precip 0% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:12 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  3. 0.2 miSharp right, heading W.
  4. 1.2 miBear right, heading W.
  5. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  6. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  7. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
  8. 0.1 miBear right onto Truckee River Legacy Trail, heading E.
  9. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  11. 0.1 miReach Truckee River Legacy Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  13. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  14. 150 ftBear left, heading W.
  15. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  16. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  17. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  18. 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
  19. 1.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
  20. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  21. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

62% dirt23% paved15% unspecified

Weather

ClearTemperature 88°F50°
Precip0%Wind9 mphUV8Humidity18%
Hourly temperature
90°50°
Sunrise 6:03 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:12 PM
Tue 88°60°
Wed 87°58°
Thu 90°57°
Fri 90°58°
Sat 91°59°
Sun 91°56°

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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