Grover Hot Springs–Charity Valley Trail, 3 sights
12.4 mi · ▲ 2,319 ft · 5 hr 18 min
Grover Hot Springs–Charity Valley Trail, 3 sights is a 12.4-mile out-and-back in Grover Hot Springs State Park near Shay Creek Summer Home Area, CA. The route reaches Grover Hot Springs at the turnaround, 6.2 miles in. It climbs 2,319 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 90/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Grover Hot Springs–Charity Valley Trail, 3 sights
12.4 mi · ▲ 2,319 ft · 5 hr 18 min
Elevation 5,874–7,982 ft
Out & Back · Grover Hot Springs State Park
Trailhead: 38.66769, -119.91818
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:02 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading E.
- 5.5 miTurn right onto Hot Springs Cutoff Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 250 ftReach Grover Hot Springs, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Charity Valley Trail, heading N.
- 5.5 miSharp left onto Connector Road Spur B, heading SW.
- 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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