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State Park

Donner Memorial State Park

California · CA

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Trails

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Campgrounds

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About

An alpine park in the Sierra Nevada with a Pioneer Monument and a visitor center on the emigrant experience and the Donner Party. Camp, paddle, fish and hike in summer; ski and snowshoe in winter.

Source: parks.ca.gov

From Wikipedia

Donner Memorial State Park is a California State Park, located at the town of Truckee, California, United States. The park preserves a portion of the Donner Camp site, where members of the ill-fated Donner Party were trapped just short of Donner Pass by weather during the winter of 1846–1847. Caught without shelter or adequate supplies, members of the group resorted to cannibalism to survive. The camp site, high in the Sierra Nevada, has been designated a National Historic Landmark.

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Trails

All trails in Donner Memorial State Park

Donner Memorial Connector Path (Washed Out)

0.2 mi13 ftgain
TrailDifficulty: EasyPoint to Point

Dutch Flat Donner Lake Wagon Road

1.8 mi636 ftgain
TrailDifficulty: EasyPoint to Point

Emigrant Trail

1.2 mi600 ftgain
TrailDifficulty: EasyPoint to Point

Nature Trail

Truckee0.2 mi
TrailPoint to Point

Nature Trail

Truckee0.1 mi7 ftgain
TrailDifficulty: EasyLoop
Upper Coldstream Canyon

Upper Coldstream Canyon

Truckee4.6 mi1,079 ftgain
TrailDifficulty: ModerateOut & Back

Campgrounds

All campgrounds in Donner Memorial State Park
Donner Memorial state park

Donner Memorial state park

Truckee, CAPricing varies — check with the operator
Campground State Park Reservable

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