JP's Trail–Old Emigrant Trail Road, 3 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in Donner Memorial State Park near Meadow Lake Park, CA. It climbs 579 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi5,896 – 6,480 ft5.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Deerfield Trail 39.32074, -120.20971
Nearest town Meadow Lake Park, CA
Directions
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JP's Trail–Old Emigrant Trail Road, 3 sights
5 mi · ▲ 579 ft · 1 hr 57 min
Elevation 5,897–6,479 ft
Out & Back · Donner Memorial State Park
Trailhead: Deerfield Trail · 39.32074, -120.20971
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 W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Deerfield Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Boulders Road, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Deerfield Trail, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear right onto Truckee River Legacy Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 150 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Old Emigrant Trail Road, heading SW.
- 100 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto JP's Trail, heading W.
- 1 miReach Truckee River Legacy Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Old Emigrant Trail Road, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Truckee River Legacy Trail, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Deerfield Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Boulders Road, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Deerfield Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 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
69% dirt19% paved12% 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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