Burnside Lake–Burnside Lake Trail, 5 sights
9.5 mi · ▲ 2,506 ft · 4 hr 25 min
Burnside Lake–Burnside Lake Trail, 5 sights is a 9.5-mile out-and-back in Grover Hot Springs State Park near Shay Creek Summer Home Area, CA. The route reaches Burnside Lake at the turnaround, 4.7 miles in. It climbs 2,506 ft, with sections as steep as 35% grade. It scores 93/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Burnside Lake–Burnside Lake Trail, 5 sights
9.5 mi · ▲ 2,506 ft · 4 hr 25 min
Elevation 5,874–8,239 ft
Out & Back · Grover Hot Springs State Park
Trailhead: Hot Springs Cutoff Trail · 38.69616, -119.84439
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:01 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Hot Springs Cutoff Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Charity Valley Trail, heading NW.
- 1.9 miBear right onto Burnside Lake Road, heading W.
- 1.9 miSharp left, heading N.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Burnside Spur E, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Burnside Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 250 ftReach Burnside Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Burnside Spur E, heading NW.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Burnside Lake Road, heading E.
- 1.9 miBear left onto Charity Valley Trail, heading E.
- 1.9 miTurn right onto Hot Springs Cutoff Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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