Bluejay Mountain
Bluejay Mountain rises to 1,000 m in California. Snow Mountain stands 2,076 m to the southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Buck Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49014555, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,000 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Buck Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Hogback Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Brock Butte: 3.3 mi
- East Fork Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Little Round Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Potem Falls: 3.0 mi
- Hatchet Creek Falls: 4.3 mi
- Montgomery Creek Falls: 5.8 mi
- Hatchet Falls: 6.7 mi
- Lion Slide Falls: 6.8 mi
- McCloud Bridge Day Use: 12.3 mi
- Bailey Cove Day Use: 16.4 mi
- Salt Creek Picnic Area: 16.6 mi
- Behive Beach: 20.1 mi
- Pollard Flat Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
- Afterthought Mine: 10.6 mi
- Ladies cabin: 16.2 mi
- Smithy: 16.2 mi
- Dam Builders Monument: 22.7 mi
- Veteran's Monument: 22.8 mi
- Burney Civic Park: 18.2 mi
- Washburn Blue Park: 18.7 mi
- Clair Engle Park: 22.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 22.8 mi
- Shasta Park: 23.2 mi
- The Rim: 9.1 mi
- Bonnie Craigs: 23.8 mi
- Palisade Cliff: 23.8 mi
- Gray Cliff: 24.7 mi
- Hillcrest Rest Area: 6.7 mi
- O'Brien Rest Area: 16.6 mi
- Lakehead Rest Area: 19.8 mi
- Lake Shasta Caverns: 15.7 mi
- Shasta Lake Ranger Station: 20.7 mi
- "Stand by Me" Bridge: 23.0 mi
- Dad Lofton Spring: 18.2 mi
- Deer Springs: 21.9 mi
- Fern Spring: 24.6 mi
- Metal Horse: 13.0 mi
- The Best Grindstone in the World: 22.1 mi
- Wintu Cultural Center: 22.5 mi
- Memorial Garden: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of Bluejay Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snow Mountain | SE 125° | 2,076 m | 14.4 mi |
| Chalk Mountain | NE 55° | 1,786 m | 13.6 mi |
| Bunchgrass Mountain | ENE 73° | 1,664 m | 10.7 mi |
| Hatchet Mountain | E 81° | 1,662 m | 10.0 mi |
| North Fork Mountain | NNW 333° | 1,609 m | 10.3 mi |
| Tamarack Mountain | N 352° | 1,583 m | 13.9 mi |
| Carberry Mountain | ESE 107° | 1,578 m | 12.3 mi |
| Shoeinhorse Mountain | NNW 348° | 1,568 m | 13.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:44 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 20:03 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:00 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 36 | 41 | 46 | 55 | 61 | 69 | 66 | 60 | 49 | 39 | 33 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 5.2 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burney, 19 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 219536 — Bluejay Mountain, Shasta County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358762176
Day trips start here
- Shasta County · 9 mi
- Lakehead · 19 mi
- Shasta Lake · 23 mi
- Palo Cedro · 25 mi
- Dunsmuir · 26 mi
- McCloud · 26 mi
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