Pioneer Cemetery Trail

California

California

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0.4 mi

Distance

89 ft

Gain

8 min

Time

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What we do know

  • Inside Lassen National Forest

    2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.

    Boundary data

What's missing

  • No access route mapped

    We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.

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Why you'll love it

Quick trip — under 2 mi
Out & back

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Elevation & route

Distance
0.4 mi
Elevation gain
89 ft
Elevation loss
89 ft
Highest point
2,931 ft
Lowest point
2,896 ft
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Managing agency
State Park and Recreation

About this trail

Pioneer Cemetery Trail is a short out-and-back hike in California covering 0.74 miles with 89 feet of elevation gain. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 2,931 feet.

Facts about this trail

The climb

Starts at
2,931 ft
High point
2,931 ft
Total climbing
89 ft
Total descent
89 ft
Steepest stretch
3% grade right from the start
Length (round trip)
0.7 mi
Shape
Out and back

The climb is steady from start to finish.

Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)

When to go

Typical monthly averages (not a forecast) from the Hat Creek, CA weather station, 8 mi away. High / low in °F, and days with snow.

  1. Jan48° high22° low1 days with snow
  2. Feb53° high24° low1 days with snow
  3. Mar58° high28° low1 days with snow
  4. Apr64° high32° low
  5. May74° high38° low
  6. Jun82° high43° low
  7. Jul91° high47° low
  8. Aug91° high44° low
  9. Sep85° high38° low
  10. Oct71° high30° low
  11. Nov56° high26° low
  12. Dec46° high22° low1 days with snow

Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020

Where it is

Managed by
State Park and Recreation

Source: USFS EDW boundaries; USGS PAD-US 4.1

Conditions

Active alerts for Lassen National Forest as of Oct 9, 2026:

Source: USFS forest alerts

Nearby

Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)

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