Name: 21st Annual Scott Valley Schools' Turkey Trot
Start: 2026-11-26
End: 2026-11-27
Location: Fort Jones

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

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

Nov 26, 2026

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

Nov 26, 2026

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

Nov 26, 2026

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

Nov 26, 2026

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

Nov 26, 2026

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Weather History

These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for November in Fort Jones.

thermostat Temperature

2.1° / 13.1°

wb_sunny Feels like

-0.6° / 10.3°

light_mode Avg sunshine hours

7h 17m

water_drop Avg rainfall

4.2 mm

ac_unit Avg snowfall

0.4 cm

air Avg wind speed

5.0 km/h (Light breeze)

opacity Sweat loss rate

Low

terrain Course conditions

Firm and slightly soft

sunny Max UV Index

Low (2.0)

humidity_mid Humidity

72.8%

wb_twilight Sunrise

08:00

nightlight Sunset

17:51

About Fort Jones

Learn more about the host city, Fort Jones.

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.