1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
2. 50 ftTurn left onto Nature Trail Loop, heading SW.
3. 300 ftTurn right, heading NW.
4. 300 ftTurn right, heading W.
5. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
6. 0.6 miBear right, heading N.
7. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
8. 400 ftBear left, heading N.
9. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
10. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
11. 0.4 miContinue straight onto East Perimeter Trail, heading N.
12. 0.9 miBear right, heading SE.
13. 0.8 miTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading NE.
14. 200 ftBear right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading E.
15. 400 ftTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading E.
16. 0.2 miTurn right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading E.
17. 1.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
18. 500 ftTurn right, heading N.
19. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
20. 1.1 miSharp right onto Emigrant Alternate, heading E.
21. 0.9 miBear right onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading NW.
22. 50 ftReach Nature Trail Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
23. 50 ftBear left onto Emigrant Alternate, heading NW.
24. 0.7 miBear right, heading SE.
25. 0.2 miSharp left onto Commemorative Overland Emigrant Trail, heading SE.
26. 1.1 miBear right, heading SE.
27. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
28. 0.8 miTurn right, heading S.
29. 1 miTurn left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading W.
30. 0.2 miTurn right onto Alder Creek Spur East, heading W.
31. 400 ftBear left onto Tahoe Donner Trail, heading SW.
32. 250 ftTurn right onto East Perimeter Trail, heading SW.
33. 2.1 miTurn right, heading W.
34. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
35. 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
36. 400 ftBear right, heading SE.
37. 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
38. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
39. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
40. 250 ftTurn left onto Nature Trail Loop, heading S.
41. 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
42. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/prosser-creek-reservoir-commemorative-overland-emigrant-trail-out-back-3-sights-23-km