Donner Pass by motorcycle
Donner Pass tops out at 7,228 ft (2,203 m) in California. It is the 18th highest of the 56 passes in California on the Motoseyir map. Below: the road surface, when it is usually closed, the passes around it and a loop you can ride over it.
At a glance
- Elevation
- 7,228 ft (2,203 m)
- Location
- California, United States
- Road surface
- Paved
- Winter
- No seasonal closure is recorded for this road in our data. High roads can still close after snow, so check before you go.
- Coordinates
- 39.3416, -120.3399
- Sources
- Wikipedia · OpenStreetMap
Elevation is the figure on the pass’s OpenStreetMap entry or its source page; the point is the summit on the road itself.
Ride a loop over Donner Pass
The web route planner opens with Donner Pass as the start point. Choose a direction, how long you want to ride and how twisty the roads should be, and it draws up to three round trips that come back to the pass. Send the one you like to your phone with a QR code and ride it in Motoseyir.
Passes near Donner Pass
- Yuba Pass 14 mi W · 5,636 ft
- Mount Rose Summit 24 mi E · 8,911 ft
- Spooner Summit 29 mi SE · 7,146 ft
- Beckwourth Pass 33 mi N · 5,220 ft
- Daggett Pass 35 mi SE · 7,333 ft
- Echo Summit 40 mi SE · 7,375 ft
Donner Pass in the Motoseyir app
Donner Pass is on Motoseyir’s pass map with its altitude and exact location, along with 1,600+ passes in 36 countries. Add it to your tour and go.
If your route crosses a pass that may be closed this month, the app tells you before you set off, and Generate a tour skips closed passes. Passes you ride over are ticked off from your ride log automatically.
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Pass data: Motoseyir’s pass list, compiled from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and the source page linked above.