Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail
6.8 mi · ▲ 880 ft · 2 hr 42 min
Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail is a 6.8-mile out-and-back in Royal Gorge near Soda Springs, CA. It climbs 880 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 53/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,693 – 7,018 ft7.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.31377, -120.39179
Nearest town Soda Springs, CA
Directions
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Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail
6.8 mi · ▲ 880 ft · 2 hr 42 min
Elevation 6,695–7,017 ft
Out & Back · Royal Gorge
Trailhead: 39.31377, -120.39179
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:04 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Reindeer, heading S.
- 0.9 miBear right onto Sterlings Canyon, heading SE.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading S.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Sterling's Canyon Road, heading S.
- 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Sterlings Canyon, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Reindeer, heading SW.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 500 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.2 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:04 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
- 3 mi · loop · via Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail
- 3.2 mi · out & back · via Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail
- 4 mi · out & back · via Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail
- 4.1 mi · out & back · via Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail
- 4.9 mi · out & back · via Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail
- 4.9 mi · out & back · via Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail
- 5.4 mi · out & back · via Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail
- 6.2 mi · out & back · via Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail
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