Burnside Lake–Burnside Lake Trail, 5 sights is an 11.3-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, 5.7 miles in. It climbs 2,684 ft, with sections as steep as 42% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi5,752 – 8,239 ft · steepest grade: 42%11.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: East Charity Valley Trailhead 38.69883, -119.82398
Nearest town Shay Creek Summer Home Area, CA
Directions
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Burnside Lake–Burnside Lake Trail, 5 sights
11.3 mi · ▲ 2,684 ft · 5 hr 7 min
Elevation 5,752–8,239 ft
Out & Back · Grover Hot Springs State Park
Trailhead: East Charity Valley Trailhead · 38.69883, -119.82398
Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 92°F / low 65° · precip 0% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:04 AM · sunset 8:08 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Charity Valley Trail, heading N.
- 1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 2.3 miBear right onto Burnside Lake Road, heading W.
- 1.9 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Burnside Spur E, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Burnside Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miReach Burnside Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Burnside Spur E, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Burnside Lake Road, heading NE.
- 1.9 miBear left onto Charity Valley Trail, heading NE.
- 2.3 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
61% dirt39% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 92°F65°
Precip0%Wind2 mphUV8Humidity21%
Hourly temperature
95°65°
Sunrise 6:04 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:08 PM
Wed
92°65°
Thu
96°63°
Fri
95°65°
Sat
94°65°
Sun
93°64°
Mon
92°63°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from East Charity Valley Trailhead Trailhead
- Grover Hot Springs–Charity Valley Trail, 3 sights 3.4 mi · ▲ 294 ft
- Charity Valley Trail & Waterfall Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 357 ft
- Charity Valley Trail & Lower Charity Road 14 mi · ▲ 2,507 ft
- Burnside Lake Trail–Burnside Spur A, 4 sights 14.4 mi · ▲ 3,237 ft
- Burnside Lake Trail 3–Burnside Lake Trail, 3 sights 14.4 mi · ▲ 2,767 ft
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