Charity Valley Trail & Lower Charity Road is a 14-mile out-and-back in Grover Hot Springs State Park near Shay Creek Summer Home Area, CA. It climbs 2,507 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi5,752 – 7,983 ft · steepest grade: 24%14.1 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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Charity Valley Trail & Lower Charity Road
14 mi · ▲ 2,507 ft · 5 hr 55 min
Elevation 5,752–7,982 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 6:03 AM · sunset 8:09 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Charity Valley Trail, heading N.
- 1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 5.9 miTurn right onto Connector Road Spur B, heading NW.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Lower Charity Road, heading NW.
- 0.1 miReach Charity Valley Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Connector Road Spur B, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 5.9 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Charity Valley Trail, 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
97% dirt3% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 92°F65°
Precip0%Wind2 mphUV8Humidity21%
Hourly temperature
95°65°
Sunrise 6:03 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:09 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
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