JP's Trail is a 10-mile out-and-back in Donner Memorial State Park near Eder, CA. It climbs 1,257 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 51/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,073 – 6,647 ft10.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.29447, -120.27230
Nearest town Eder, CA
Directions
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JP's Trail
10 mi · ▲ 1,257 ft · 3 hr 58 min
Elevation 6,072–6,649 ft
Out & Back · Donner Memorial State Park
Trailhead: 39.29447, -120.27230
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:03 PM
- Start on Cold Stream Road, heading SE.
- 300 ftBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 1.7 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto JP's Trail, heading NE.
- 1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Old Emigrant Trail Road, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Cut Thru Road, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Creek Overlook Road, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.8 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Cut Thru Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Old Emigrant Trail Road, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto JP's Trail, heading NE.
- 1.3 miBear right, heading W.
- 1.7 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Cold Stream Road, heading SW.
- 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 6:48 AMSunset 7:03 PM
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