Welcome to Blue Tent ...

Blue Tent is located in Nevada County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Blue Tent, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1878.

Blue Tent is 3,130 feet [954 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Blue Tent is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Blue Tent lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Blue Tent: 530

Communities near Blue Tent ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Blue Tent.

• Grass Valley
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Valley
  • Grass Valley is located in Nevada County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,763 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grass Valley <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Grass Valley
  • From Blue Tent to Grass Valley
• Nevada City
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada City
  • Nevada City is located in Nevada County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,127 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nevada City <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Nevada City
  • From Blue Tent to Nevada City
• Colfax
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
  • Colfax is located in Placer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,009 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colfax <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Colfax
  • From Blue Tent to Colfax
• Nevada City Rancheria
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nevada City Rancheria have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada City Rancheria
  • Nevada City Rancheria is located in Nevada County
• North Columbia
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for North Columbia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Columbia
  • North Columbia is located in Nevada County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to North Columbia
  • From Blue Tent to North Columbia
• Gold Flat
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gold Flat. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Flat
  • Gold Flat is located in Nevada County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Gold Flat
  • From Blue Tent to Gold Flat
• North Bloomfield ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bloomfield
  • North Bloomfield is located in Nevada County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to North Bloomfield
  • From Blue Tent to North Bloomfield
• Glenbrook
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbrook
  • Glenbrook is located in Nevada County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Glenbrook
  • From Blue Tent to Glenbrook
• Spring Hill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
  • Spring Hill is located in Nevada County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Spring Hill
  • From Blue Tent to Spring Hill
• Newtown
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
  • Newtown is located in Nevada County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Newtown
  • From Blue Tent to Newtown

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Blue Tent. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Blue Tent.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Blue Tent. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blue Tent.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Blue Tent. See our Newspapers Page for Blue Tent.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Blue Tent ...

Looking for more information about Blue Tent? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Blue Tent, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Blue Tent.

Adding Blue Tent to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Blue Tent in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Blue Tent was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Blue Tent post office opened in 1878.

We also found Blue Tent in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - California & Nevada.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Blue Tent.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Blue Tent. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Nevada County: www.new.mynevadacounty.com/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/