Royal Gorge

Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail

6.2 mi · ▲ 742 ft · 2 hr 26 min

Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail is a 6.2-mile out-and-back in Royal Gorge near Soda Springs, CA. It climbs 742 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 53/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi6,693 – 7,018 ft6.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.31263, -120.39586
Nearest town Soda Springs, CA

Directions

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Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail

6.2 mi · ▲ 742 ft · 2 hr 26 min

Elevation 6,695–7,017 ft

Out & Back · Royal Gorge

Trailhead: 39.31263, -120.39586

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:05 AM · sunset 8:12 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 500 ftBear left, heading W.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  4. 0.2 miSharp left onto Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail, heading NW.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  6. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  7. 200 ftTurn left, heading W.
  8. 0.7 miBear left, heading SE.
  9. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  10. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  11. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  12. 400 ftTurn right onto Reindeer, heading SE.
  13. 0.9 miBear right onto Sterlings Canyon, heading SE.
  14. 300 ftTurn left, heading S.
  15. 250 ftSharp left, heading S.
  16. 100 ftContinue straight onto Sterling's Canyon Road, heading SW.
  17. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  18. 0.2 miSharp right onto Sterlings Canyon, heading NE.
  19. 0.1 miBear left onto Reindeer, heading W.
  20. 0.9 miTurn left, heading N.
  21. 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  22. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  23. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  24. 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
  25. 0.7 miTurn right onto Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail, heading N.
  26. 100 ftBear left, heading N.
  27. 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  28. 500 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  29. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  30. 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
  31. 100 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 6:05 AMSunset 8:12 PM

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