Hawkins Peak–Burnside Lake Trail, 4 sights is a 15.9-mile out-and-back in Grover Hot Springs State Park near Shay Creek Summer Home Area, CA. The route reaches Hawkins Peak at the turnaround, 7.9 miles in. It climbs 4,370 ft, with sections as steep as 38% grade. It scores 92/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi5,873 – 10,020 ft · steepest grade: 38%16.2 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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Hawkins Peak–Burnside Lake Trail, 4 sights
15.9 mi · ▲ 4,370 ft · 7 hr 29 min
Elevation 5,874–10,020 ft
Out & Back · Grover Hot Springs State Park
Trailhead: Hot Springs Cutoff Trail · 38.69616, -119.84439
Weather Aug 3: Clear, high 90°F / low 56° · precip 0% · wind 5 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.
- 1.9 miBear right onto Burnside Lake Road, heading W.
- 2.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Hawkins Peak Road, heading NW.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 1.4 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miReach Hawkins Peak, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 1.6 miTurn left onto Burnside Lake Road, heading SW.
- 2.5 miBear left onto Charity Valley Trail, heading SE.
- 1.9 miTurn right onto Hot Springs Cutoff Trail, heading E.
- 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
37% dirt63% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 90°F56°
Precip0%Wind5 mphUV9Humidity19%
Hourly temperature
90°55°
Sunrise 6:03 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:09 PM
Tue
92°65°
Wed
91°65°
Thu
92°64°
Fri
92°65°
Sat
92°65°
Sun
92°63°
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 6.3 mi in (~255 min). Leave by 3:34 PM for the 8:09 PM sunset. Back at your car by 11:01 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Hot Springs Cutoff Trail Trailhead
- Hot Springs Cutoff Trail & Waterfall Trail via Charity Valley Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 152 ft
- Charity Valley Trail & Hot Springs Cutoff Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 285 ft
- Burnside Lake–Burnside Lake Trail, 5 sights 9.5 mi · ▲ 2,506 ft
- Burnside Lake Trail–Hawkins Creek Road, 3 sights 11.8 mi · ▲ 2,707 ft
- 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
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