Charity Valley Trail & Hot Springs Cutoff Trail is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Grover Hot Springs State Park near Shay Creek Summer Home Area, CA. It climbs 285 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 61/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi5,752 – 5,935 ft3.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Hot Springs Cutoff Trail 38.69616, -119.84439
Nearest town Shay Creek Summer Home Area, CA
Directions
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Charity Valley Trail & Hot Springs Cutoff Trail
3.3 mi · ▲ 285 ft · 1 hr 15 min
Elevation 5,752–5,934 ft
Out & Back · Grover Hot Springs State Park
Trailhead: Hot Springs Cutoff Trail · 38.69616, -119.84439
Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 92°F / low 64° · precip 0% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:09 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Hot Springs Cutoff Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Charity Valley Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
- 1 miReach Hot Springs Cutoff Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Hot Springs Cutoff Trail, heading W.
- 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.
Trail surface
75% dirt25% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 92°F64°
Precip0%Wind2 mphUV9Humidity21%
Hourly temperature
95°60°
Sunrise 6:03 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:09 PM
Wed
91°65°
Thu
93°64°
Fri
93°66°
Sat
93°66°
Sun
92°64°
Mon
91°63°
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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- Burnside Lake Trail 3–Burnside Lake Trail, 3 sights 12.5 mi · ▲ 2,589 ft
- Charity Valley Trail–Hot Springs Cutoff Trail, 3 sights 13.1 mi · ▲ 2,469 ft
- Burnside Lake Trail 2–Burnside Lake Trail, 3 sights 14.8 mi · ▲ 3,393 ft
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