Hot Springs Cutoff Trail & Sawmill Creek Trail via Charity Valley Trail is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Grover Hot Springs State Park near Shay Creek Summer Home Area, CA. It is mostly level, with 181 ft of elevation gain. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi5,873 – 6,050 ft · steepest grade: 17%3.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 38.70016, -119.83675
Nearest town Shay Creek Summer Home Area, CA
Directions
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Hot Springs Cutoff Trail & Sawmill Creek Trail via Charity Valley Trail
3.3 mi · ▲ 181 ft · 1 hr 11 min
Elevation 5,874–6,051 ft
Out & Back · Grover Hot Springs State Park
Trailhead: 38.70016, -119.83675
Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 92°F / low 64° · precip 0% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 8:09 PM
Toilets at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 250 ftBear left onto Charity Valley Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Hot Springs Cutoff Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Sawmill Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.9 miReach Hot Springs Cutoff Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miSharp left onto Hot Springs Cutoff Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading N.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Charity Valley Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
- 250 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
18% dirt82% unspecified
Weather
ClearTemperature 92°F64°
Precip0%Wind2 mphUV9Humidity21%
Hourly temperature
95°60°
Sunrise 6:03 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:09 PM
Wed
91°65°
Thu
93°64°
Fri
93°66°
Sat
93°66°
Sun
92°64°
Mon
91°63°
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
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