Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail
4.6 mi · ▲ 591 ft · 1 hr 50 min
Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Royal Gorge near Soda Springs, CA. It climbs 591 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 59/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi6,693 – 7,015 ft5.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.31377, -120.39179
Nearest town Soda Springs, CA
Directions
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Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail
4.6 mi · ▲ 591 ft · 1 hr 50 min
Elevation 6,695–7,015 ft
Out & Back · Royal Gorge
Trailhead: 39.31377, -120.39179
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 81°F / low 53° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:13 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 400 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 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
ClearTemperature 81°F53°
Precip0%Wind5 mphUV8Humidity22%
Hourly temperature
85°50°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:13 PM
Tue
81°59°
Wed
81°55°
Thu
85°55°
Fri
85°56°
Sat
86°56°
Sun
87°54°
Other ways to reach this destination
- 3 mi · loop · via Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail
- 6.8 mi · loop · 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
- 4.6 mi · out & back · via Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail
More from this trailhead
- Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 280 ft
- Hewlett Rim Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 405 ft
- Reindeer & Walter and Esther Hewlett Royal Gorge Rim Trail 4 mi · ▲ 310 ft
- Reindeer 4.1 mi · ▲ 498 ft
- Bill & Flora's Point–Serene Lakes, 3 sights 4.5 mi · ▲ 401 ft
- Memorial Overland Emigrant Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 591 ft
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