Emigrant Gap
Emigrant Gap is a gap in a ridge on the California Trail as it crosses the Sierra Nevada, to the west of what is now known as Donner Pass. Here the cliffs are so steep that, back in the 1840s, the pioneers on their way to California had to lower their wagons on ropes in order to continue.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Emigrant Gap and Blue Canyon.
Emigrant Gap
Hamlet
Emigrant Gap is an unincorporated community in Placer County, California. The Emigrant Gap community is located 0.25 miles southwest of the Emigrant Gap landmark.
Blue Canyon
Hamlet
Blue Canyon is an unincorporated community in Placer County, California. Blue Canyon is located 4 miles southwest of Emigrant Gap. It lies at an elevation of 4695 feet. Blue Canyon is situated 3½ miles southwest of Emigrant Gap.
Omega
Hamlet
Omega was a former settlement in Nevada County, California, United States, first populated in 1850 by a single miner, J.A. Dixon, working a claim during the California Gold Rush. Omega is situated 5 miles northwest of Emigrant Gap.
Emigrant Gap
- Type: Gap with an elevation of 5,226 feet
- Description: mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada range in California, USA
- Categories: rail mountain pass and landform
- Location: Placer County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From German to Japanese—“Emigrant Gap” goes by many names.
- German: “Emigrant Gap”
- Japanese: “エミグラント・ギャップ”
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