California Trail Center - Elko
The interpretive panel, on the California Trail Center patio, describes Pilot Peak as a guide post for emigrants. It's one of many geographical features along the various trails leading west from Missouri trailheads. A series of springs lies a few miles east of the peak. The most notable one, Donner Spring, right, is located behind a ranch house on private property. It is open to the public. See the first few pages of the 2006 expedition along Hastings Cutoff for details.
Hastings Cutoff
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