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Charity Valley Trail & Waterfall Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Grover Hot Springs State Park near Shay Creek Summer Home Area, CA. It climbs 357 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 71/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi5,752 – 6,040 ft4.5 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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Charity Valley Trail & Waterfall Trail

4.5 mi · ▲ 357 ft · 1 hr 41 min

Elevation 5,752–6,039 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

  1. Start on Charity Valley Trail, heading N.
  2. 1 miTurn right, heading W.
  3. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Waterfall Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.5 miReach Charity Valley Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Charity Valley Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.8 miBear right, heading E.
  7. 1 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

100% dirt

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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