21st Annual Scott Valley Schools' Turkey Trot

United States flag Fort Jones, California, United States

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Date 26 Nov – 27 Nov, 2026
Races 5 distances
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21st Annual Scott Valley Schools' Turkey Trot

About the event

It's the TRADITION before the TRADITION.  In its 21st year in a row,  - the Scott Valley Schools' Turkey Trot allows family and friends to start Thanksgiving Day the HEALTHY WAY, and support Etna High School Athletics and Etna PAL Claybirds.  Events include a 3 mile run or walk, and a 6 mile run.  Courses are paved and gravel with slight rolling hills. 

Age group prizes will be awarded for 1st - 3rd in each age group and race.

Online registration will close on 11/23/26 but participants can still register on race day morning.

Race Day registration begins at 8am and races start at 9am.

Events start at the corner of Hamlin Gulch and Eastside Road.  From the Chevron Station in Fort Jones, turn onto Eastside Road, drive approx. 3 miles, and park in the barn lot.  

Races will be held regardless of weather - UNLESS OF SEVERE ICE AS IN 2019.  

 

Races offered

26Nov

Family Registration 5K and/or 10K - Group-registration team Age group/open

Running

Distance
5K
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18 days
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N/A
26Nov

Stuffing Strut - Running-10K - Family Registration - (5-8) people

Running

Distance
10K
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18 days
Entry fee
N/A
26Nov

Stuffing Strut - Running-10K - Individual Age group/open

Running

Distance
10K
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18 days
Entry fee
N/A
26Nov

Turkey Trot Walk/Run 5 K - Family Registration - (5 - 8 people)

Running

Distance
5K
Countdown
18 days
Entry fee
N/A
26Nov

Turkey Trot Walk/Run 5 K - Individual Age group/open

Running

Distance
5K
Countdown
18 days
Entry fee
N/A

Weather history

3-year monthly averages for November in Fort Jones.

Temperature2.1° / 13.1°
Feels like-0.6° / 10.3°
Sunshine hours7h 17m
Rainfall4.2 mm
Snowfall0.4 cm
Wind5.0 km/h (Light breeze)
Humidity72.8%
Max UV indexLow (2.0)
Sweat lossLow
Course conditionsFirm and slightly soft
Sunrise08:00
Sunset17:51

About Fort Jones

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Fort Jones is a town in the Scott Valley area of Siskiyou County, California, United States. Like many of the communities that surround Mount Shasta, it lies in the southern tip of the Cascadia bioregion. Its population is 695 as of the 2020 census, down from 839 from the 2010 census.

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