Grover Hot Springs–Charity Valley Trail, 3 sights is a 3.4-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, 1.7 miles in. It climbs 294 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 61/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi5,752 – 5,942 ft3.5 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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Grover Hot Springs–Charity Valley Trail, 3 sights
3.4 mi · ▲ 294 ft · 1 hr 17 min
Elevation 5,752–5,942 ft
Out & Back · Grover Hot Springs State Park
Trailhead: East Charity Valley Trailhead · 38.69883, -119.82398
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:46 AM · sunset 7:01 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Charity Valley Trail, heading N.
- 1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Hot Springs Cutoff Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 250 ftReach Grover Hot Springs, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Charity Valley Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
- 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
73% dirt27% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:46 AMSunset 7:01 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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