JP's Trail & Old Emigrant Trail Road
6.7 mi · ▲ 698 ft · 2 hr 35 min
JP's Trail & Old Emigrant Trail Road is a 6.7-mile out-and-back in Donner Memorial State Park near Meadow Lake Park, CA. It climbs 698 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,880 – 6,480 ft7.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.32599, -120.20747
Nearest town Meadow Lake Park, CA
Directions
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JP's Trail & Old Emigrant Trail Road
6.7 mi · ▲ 698 ft · 2 hr 35 min
Elevation 5,880–6,479 ft
Out & Back · Donner Memorial State Park
Trailhead: 39.32599, -120.20747
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
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.6 miSharp right, heading W.
- 1.2 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Old Emigrant Trail Road, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto JP's Trail, heading SW.
- 1 miReach Old Emigrant Trail Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Old Emigrant Trail Road, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 1.2 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.3 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
74% dirt13% paved13% 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
90°59°
Sun
91°56°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Old Emigrant Trail Road 4.3 mi · ▲ 253 ft
- Jackass Point–Donkey Town Trail, 3 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 515 ft
- Donner Memorial State Park Beach & Truckee River Legacy Trail 5 mi · ▲ 209 ft
- Jackass Point–Donkey Town Trail, 4 sights 6.3 mi · ▲ 438 ft
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