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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 50 ftTurn right onto Deerfield Trail, heading NW.
  3. 50 ftTurn right onto Boulders Road, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftTurn left onto Deerfield Trail, heading NW.
  5. 250 ftBear right onto Truckee River Legacy Trail, heading NW.
  6. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  7. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  8. 150 ftBear left, heading W.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  10. 100 ftBear right, heading W.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  12. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  14. 150 ftContinue straight onto Old Emigrant Trail Road, heading SW.
  15. 100 ftBear right, heading S.
  16. 0.2 miTurn left onto JP's Trail, heading W.
  17. 1 miReach Truckee River Legacy Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  19. 50 ftContinue straight onto Old Emigrant Trail Road, heading SW.
  20. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  21. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  22. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  23. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  24. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  25. 0.1 miBear right onto Truckee River Legacy Trail, heading E.
  26. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  27. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  28. 0.1 miBear left onto Deerfield Trail, heading NE.
  29. 250 ftTurn right onto Boulders Road, heading E.
  30. 50 ftTurn left onto Deerfield Trail, heading E.
  31. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  32. 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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