Charity Valley Trail–Hot Springs Cutoff Trail, 3 sights
13.1 mi · ▲ 2,469 ft · 5 hr 36 min
Charity Valley Trail–Hot Springs Cutoff Trail, 3 sights is a 13.1-mile out-and-back in Grover Hot Springs State Park near Shay Creek Summer Home Area, CA. It climbs 2,469 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 91/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Charity Valley Trail–Hot Springs Cutoff Trail, 3 sights
13.1 mi · ▲ 2,469 ft · 5 hr 36 min
Elevation 5,874–8,012 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.
- 250 ftTurn left onto Charity Valley Trail, heading NW.
- 5.6 miTurn left onto Lower Charity Road, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Lower Charity Spur A, heading W.
- 0.6 miReach Hot Springs Cutoff Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Lower Charity Road, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 5.6 miTurn right onto Hot Springs Cutoff Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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