The state forest was open for recreational use, including camping, hiking, mountain biking etc.

[3] Boggs Mountain is a prominent feature at the southeast end of the Clear Lake Volcanic Field.

[5] The mountain takes the form of a simple ridge crest from which long spurs run southeast to Putah Creek.

[3] In December 1949 the California Department of Forests (CDF), now officially renamed Cal-Fire, purchased 3,432 acres (13.89 km2) of land and timber on the mountain for $38,000.

[12] Natural regeneration included bracken, coffeeberry (Frangula californica), wild rose (Rosa californica), squaw carpet (Ceanothus prostratus), yerba buena, wild iris, dogwood (Cornus), madrone (Arbutus), and non-native, invasive Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius).

[2] CDF also maintains a helicopter base at Boggs Mountain which was established in 1972 for fire and rescue operations and provides coverage for Mendocino National Forest to the north, San Francisco Bay Area to the south and the Sacramento Valley to the east.

Horse logging was also in part used to monitor how timber harvesting affects the spread of black stain root disease.

[16] A 1965 study showed that Boggs Mountain had moderate but chronic mortality from bark beetles in ponderosa pine.

It was causing twig- and top-kill of the saplings that resembled white pine blister rust (Cronartium ribicola) cankers.

In the spring of 1998 experiments were made to find the effect of forest fires on obsidian hydration bands.

The experiments showed that hydration bands were indeed damaged, and that the severity of the fire might be a more important factor than its intensity.

[3] Boggs Mountain is open all year for hiking, and is accessible through a system of easy roads and trails.

[11] The 14.8 kilometres (9.2 mi) Boggs Mountain Loop is rated moderate, with an elevation gain of 439 metres (1,440 ft).

Most of the biking terrain is at an elevation of 3,000 feet (910 m), and the trails run through open woods and meadows, with some short, steep hills.