The Blue Mountains is a visually prominent section of the Niagara Escarpment located west of Collingwood in Southern Ontario, Canada rising to heights of over 300m above the land and Georgian Bay below. Many activities and natural beauty abound in the area such as biking, skiing, snowboarding and hiking. Wedged between the mountain and the bay communities include Clarksburg, Craigleith, Thornbury and the Town of the Blue Mountains. On a clear day, one can view the entire bowl shape of the southern end of Georgian Bay, to the east the Wasaga Beaches, the town of Collingwood and to the north the distant shorelines of the bay. Blue Mountain's name comes from the unusually blue clay that can be found around the mountain.
