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Blue Jay Point

Blue Jay Point, seen from above at true elevation

Blue Jay Point rises to 567 m in California. Blue Mountain stands 1,835 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is French Hill, a peak 2.7 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q35728314, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
567 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.27742, -120.66132

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Museums: 17
Springs: 16
  • Canzatti Spring: 13.5 mi
  • Gooseberry Spring: 17.3 mi
  • Spanish Spring: 17.4 mi
  • San Antonio Spring: 18.5 mi
  • Sugar Spring: 18.5 mi
Attractions: 13
Historic sites: 12
  • Tailing Wheel No. 3: 8.5 mi
  • Flume Tressel Piers: 8.6 mi
  • Tailing Wheel No. 2: 8.7 mi
  • Tailing Wheel No. 1: 8.7 mi
  • Massa Tunnel: 8.7 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Oak Leaf: 21.2 mi
  • Heron Point Day Use: 21.5 mi
  • Lupine Day Use Area: 22.0 mi
  • A Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
  • B Picnic Area: 23.9 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Nature reserves: 3
Gardens: 1
  • F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 6.1 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 18.4 mi
Cliffs: 1
Beaches: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Blue Jay Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MountainENE 74°1,835 m16.7 mi
Buck MountainENE 67°1,566 m17.0 mi
Devils NoseNE 45°1,445 m18.3 mi
Manuel PeakE 99°1,354 m15.0 mi
Cougar RockESE 102°1,297.56 m15.1 mi
Doud HillESE 104°1,264 m18.2 mi
Bald MountainNE 50°1,247 m15.3 mi
Mount CrossmanNNE 28°1,184 m14.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4019:15
June solstice05:4019:5120:30
September equinox06:5118:2619:01
December solstice07:1716:0516:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485155596673797875665548
Precip in4.03.83.62.11.30.30.00.00.21.12.24.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Camp Pardee, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1658082 — Blue Jay Point, Calaveras County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358806129

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