Burnside Lake Trail 2–Burnside Lake Trail, 3 sights
14.8 mi · ▲ 3,393 ft · 6 hr 38 min
Burnside Lake Trail 2–Burnside Lake Trail, 3 sights is a 14.8-mile out-and-back in Grover Hot Springs State Park near Shay Creek Summer Home Area, CA. It climbs 3,393 ft, with sections as steep as 35% grade. It scores 91/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Burnside Lake Trail 2–Burnside Lake Trail, 3 sights
14.8 mi · ▲ 3,393 ft · 6 hr 38 min
Elevation 5,874–8,703 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.
- 2.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Burnside Lake Trail 2, heading NW.
- 1.8 miReach Hot Springs Cutoff Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.8 miTurn left onto Burnside Lake Road, heading SW.
- 3.3 miBear left onto Charity Valley Trail, heading SE.
- 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 6.6 mi in (~253 min). Leave by 2:28 PM for the 7:01 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:07 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from Hot Springs Cutoff Trail Trailhead
- Charity Valley Trail–Hot Springs Cutoff Trail, 3 sights 13.1 mi · ▲ 2,469 ft
- Burnside Lake Trail 3–Burnside Lake Trail, 3 sights 12.5 mi · ▲ 2,589 ft
- Burnside Lake Trail–Hawkins Creek Road, 3 sights 11.8 mi · ▲ 2,707 ft
- Hot Springs Cutoff Trail & Waterfall Trail via Charity Valley Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 152 ft
- Charity Valley Trail & Hot Springs Cutoff Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 285 ft
- Hawkins Peak–Burnside Lake Trail, 4 sights 15.9 mi · ▲ 4,370 ft
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