Map at left is from James Cook’s A General Chart of the Island of Newfoundland<\/em> published in 1775, with Serpentine River named Coal River.<\/strong><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row padding_top=”20px” padding_bottom=”20px” bg_video=”” class=”” style=””][vc_column width=”1\/2″ fade_animation_offset=”45px”][vc_column_text]The Blow Me Down Mountains are the second of four glacier-carved massifs that together form the Bay of Islands Ophiolite Complex.\u00a0 The mountains rise to a height of 750m (2461ft) at Round Hill and cover approximately 200 sq kms.\u00a0 They are bounded by the outer Bay of Islands to the north, Humber Arm and forested foothills in the east, Serpentine River and Lake in the south, and coastal plain, Little Port Island Arc, and Gulf of St. Lawrence to the west.\u00a0\u00a0Road access to the massif is provided by Route 450 on the south side of the Bay of Islands in the north and Logger School gravel logging road in the south, via the Trans Canada Highway or towns of Mount Moriah and Benoit\u2019s Cove in Humber Arm.\u00a0\u00a0The OBIEC\u00a0Cape Blow Me Down Trail<\/em><\/a><\/span>, IATNL\u00a0Blow Me Down Mountain Trail<\/em><\/a><\/span>, and Cabox’s UltramaTrex<\/a><\/span><\/em> provide access to the plateau from different directions, with cell phone reception only available at higher elevations in the east.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ fade_animation_offset=”45px”][vc_column_text]