Branching off the Carson Trail were the Dagget Pass-Georgetown Pack Trail (1850) to Georgetown; the Johnson Cutoff (1850-51) to Placerville; the Grizzly Flat Road (1852)to Grizzly Flat and Placerville; the Volcano Road (1852) to Volcano; the Walker River-Sonora Trail (1852) to Sonora; the Placer County Emigrant Road (1852) to Auburn; the Luther Pass Trail (1854) to shorten the Johnson Cutoff, and the Big Tree Road (1856) to Murphys and Stockton.

This route, now Highway 4, passes by its most famous attraction, the Calaveras Big Trees, as it heads west from Ebbetts Pass.  The road leads to Angels Camp, (of Jumping Frog fame) and ultimately ends in Stockton.

Credits:  SNVM staff; Calaveras Big Trees Association.