Dutch Flat Donner Lake Wagon Road is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in Donner Memorial State Park near Donner, CA. It climbs 1,275 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 42/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi6,719 – 7,267 ft · steepest grade: 22%5.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Dutch Flat Donner Lake Wagon Road 39.31509, -120.32399
Nearest town Donner, CA
Directions
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Dutch Flat Donner Lake Wagon Road
5.1 mi · ▲ 1,275 ft · 2 hr 20 min
Elevation 6,719–7,267 ft
Out & Back · Donner Memorial State Park
Trailhead: Dutch Flat Donner Lake Wagon Road · 39.31509, -120.32399
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:03 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Dutch Flat Donner Lake Wagon Road, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Tunnel #8, heading E.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 200 ftBear right, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.7 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 300 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 200 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Dutch Flat Donner Lake Wagon Road, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 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
52% gravel48% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:03 PM
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