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Waterfall Trail via Charity Valley Trail is a 2.6-mile out-and-back in Grover Hot Springs State Park near Shay Creek Summer Home Area, CA. It is mostly level, with 142 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi5,876 – 6,040 ft · steepest grade: 15%2.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 38.70016, -119.83675
Nearest town Shay Creek Summer Home Area, CA

Directions

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Waterfall Trail via Charity Valley Trail

2.6 mi · ▲ 142 ft · 56 min

Elevation 5,877–6,039 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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 250 ftBear left onto Charity Valley Trail, heading W.
  3. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Waterfall Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.5 miReach Waterfall Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Charity Valley Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.8 miBear right, heading E.
  7. 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

96% dirt4% 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°

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