Blue Gum–Jackaroo, 4 sights
9.5 mi · ▲ 1,614 ft · 3 hr 58 min
Blue Gum–Jackaroo, 4 sights is a 9.5-mile out-and-back near Heeser Addition, CA. It climbs 1,614 ft, with sections as steep as 31% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 73/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Blue Gum–Jackaroo, 4 sights
9.5 mi · ▲ 1,614 ft · 3 hr 58 min
Elevation 78–938 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 39.37710, -123.74535
Weather Sep 5: Fog, high 67°F / low 50° · precip 1% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:43 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right onto S&H, heading SE.
- 1.1 miSharp right onto TV, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Jackaroo, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Blue Gum, heading SW.
- 1.1 miReach S&H, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Jackaroo, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto TV, heading N.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto S&H, heading SE.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 100 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.4 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~12 min). Leave by 7:11 PM for the 7:43 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:05 PM — 6 min before dark.
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