Alder Creek beaver pond.jpg
Dicklyon · CC BY-SA 4.0

East Perimeter Trail is a 12.2-mile out-and-back near Meadow Lake Park, CA. It climbs 2,045 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi5,896 – 6,493 ft · steepest grade: 24%12.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: East Perimeter Trail 39.34110, -120.20607
Nearest town Meadow Lake Park, CA

Directions

AMBLEWAYwww.ambleway.com

East Perimeter Trail

12.2 mi · ▲ 2,045 ft · 5 hr 5 min

Elevation 5,897–6,492 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: East Perimeter Trail · 39.34110, -120.20607

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 6:59 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 150 ftTurn right onto East Perimeter Trail, heading E.
  3. 3 miBear right onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading N.
  4. 200 ftTurn right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading NW.
  5. 450 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.2 miTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading N.
  7. 1.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  8. 250 ftBear right onto Prosser Hill Motorcycle Loop, heading NE.
  9. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  11. 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
  12. 450 ftTurn right onto South Prosser Creek Spur, heading W.
  13. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  14. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  15. 450 ftBear right, heading S.
  16. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  17. 0.2 miTurn right onto Prosser Hill Motorcycle Loop, heading S.
  18. 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
  19. 250 ftTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading SW.
  20. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  21. 1 miTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading SW.
  22. 0.2 miTurn right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading W.
  23. 450 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading S.
  24. 200 ftBear left onto East Perimeter Trail, heading S.
  25. 3 miTurn left, heading S.
  26. 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

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 6:59 PM

Other ways to reach this destination

More from East Perimeter Trail Trailhead