Cape Horn Trail–Emigrant Trail, 4 sights is an 11.6-mile out-and-back near Cape Horn, CA. It climbs 1,537 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi7,359 – 7,927 ft11.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Emigrant Trail 38.50593, -119.94296
Nearest town Cape Horn, CA
Directions
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Cape Horn Trail–Emigrant Trail, 4 sights
11.6 mi · ▲ 1,537 ft · 4 hr 38 min
Elevation 7,359–7,926 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Emigrant Trail · 38.50593, -119.94296
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Emigrant Trail, heading SW.
- 1.8 miBear left onto Cape Horn Trail, heading SW.
- 1.4 miTurn right onto Highland Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Three Creeks, heading NW.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Bee Gulch Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Osborne Ridge Trail Connector, heading NW.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Lake Alpine to Silver tip Path, heading W.
- 350 ftReach Emigrant Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Osborne Ridge Trail Connector, heading NW.
- 1.1 miBear right onto Bee Gulch Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Three Creeks, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Highland Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Cape Horn Trail, heading S.
- 1.4 miBear right onto Emigrant Trail, heading E.
- 1.8 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
66% dirt1% gravel33% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:02 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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