Burnside Lake Trail 3–Burnside Lake Trail, 4 sights
15.4 mi · ▲ 2,295 ft · 6 hr 17 min
Burnside Lake Trail 3–Burnside Lake Trail, 4 sights is a 15.4-mile out-and-back near Shay Creek Summer Home Area, CA. It climbs 2,295 ft, with sections as steep as 37% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 94/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi7,169 – 8,206 ft · steepest grade: 37%15.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Lower Charity Road 38.67445, -119.91914
Nearest town Shay Creek Summer Home Area, CA
Directions
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Burnside Lake Trail 3–Burnside Lake Trail, 4 sights
15.4 mi · ▲ 2,295 ft · 6 hr 17 min
Elevation 7,170–8,207 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Lower Charity Road · 38.67445, -119.91914
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Lower Charity Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Connector Road Spur B, heading SE.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 3.6 miSharp left onto Burnside Lake Road, heading NE.
- 2.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 1.6 miTurn left onto Burnside Lake Trail 3, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miReach Lower Charity Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Burnside Lake Road, heading E.
- 3.6 miSharp right onto Charity Valley Trail, heading S.
- 3.6 miTurn right onto Connector Road Spur B, heading SW.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Lower Charity Road, heading SW.
- 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
71% dirt29% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:02 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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