Blue Jay Mine
- 7.1 mi
- round trip
- 1,346 ft
- climb
- 4,299 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
Caution today
Agency alerts are in effect for this area; weather is good · USFS, OpenWeather · checked 10 h ago
Is Blue Jay Mine open right now?
No closures listed
The Forest Service lists no closures for Six Rivers National Forest.
As of · Source: USFS · Six Rivers National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Blue Jay Mine is a hard hike in California's Six Rivers National Forest, within the Mad River Ranger District. The route is an out-and-back of about 7 miles, with a total elevation gain of about 1,350 feet. It starts at roughly 2,975 feet and climbs to about 4,300 feet at the high point, making it a demanding day on foot. The trail is on natural surface, and horses are allowed. Bikes are not. The Forest Service manages the land, and the trail is open from about May 1 to November 15 each year. Blacks Camp and Red Mountain lie about 1.7 miles away, and Clover Gulch is about 2.4 miles off. Paddlers can look to Red Mountain Creek, about 3.8 miles away.
- Blacks CampHiking1.7 mi
- Red MountainHiking1.7 mi
- Clover GulchHiking2.4 mi
- Low MountainHiking3.4 mi
- Red Mountain CreekCanoeing3.8 mi
- Mad River Ranger DistrictRiver fishing4.4 mi
- North Fork Mud RiverCanoeing5 mi
- North Fork Eel RiverCanoeing5.5 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
HORSE MOUNTAIN LOOKOUTHiking · ~16 min drivePhoto: Jesse Palmer, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)- Rough GulchHiking · ~16 min drivePhoto: Jesse Palmer, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Flickr)
- Blacks CampHiking · ~3 min drive
- Low MountainHiking · ~6 min drive
- Haynes Delight TrailHiking · ~14 min drive
- Red MountainHiking · ~3 min drive
- WaterspoutHiking · ~7 min drive
- Packwood Flat TrailHiking · ~8 min drive
- BUCK RIDGEHiking · ~17 min drive
- Clover GulchHiking · ~4 min drive
