Point Mugu, California
| Point Mugu | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
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  Point Mugu | |
| Coordinates: 34°5′8″N 119°3′36″W / 34.08556°N 119.06000°WCoordinates: 34°5′8″N 119°3′36″W / 34.08556°N 119.06000°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Ventura |
| Time zone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP codes | 93042 |
| Area code(s) | 805 |
Point Mugu /məˈɡuː/, California (Chumash: Muwu, "Beach" [1]) is an Unincorporated community and geographical promontory on the Pacific coast in Ventura County, near the town of Port Hueneme and the city of Oxnard. It is home to Point Mugu State Park, which boasts five miles of shoreline and more than 70 miles of hiking trails.[2] The name is believed to be derived from the Chumash Indian term Muwu, meaning beach, which was first mentioned by Cabrillo in his journals in 1542.[3] It is also a name applied to the nearby Naval Air Station—NAS Point Mugu—a test range facility known by various names over the years, including Pacific Missile Test Center and Naval Air Missile Test Center.
Mugu Rock
The Mugu Rock is a distinctive feature of the coastal headland promontory that has been featured in many film shoots and television commercials. The Rock was formed when a path for the Pacific Coast Highway was cut through the mountain. It marks a western end of the Santa Monica Mountains, and the old Rancho Guadalasca boundary.
It is a popular but dangerous place for fishing, sightseeing, cliff diving, and rock climbing up the sheer sides of the rock itself.[4] On Thanksgiving, November 27, 2008 three young men from nearby Oxnard, California were swept to sea and killed by a rogue wave while surf watching from Mugu Rock.[5]
The ZIP Code is 93042, and the area is inside area code 805.
References
- ↑ McCall, Lynne; Perry, Rosalind (2002). California’s Chumash Indians : a project of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Education Center (Revised edition ed.). San Luis Obispo, Calif: EZ Nature Books. ISBN 0936784156.
- ↑ Point Mugu SP
- ↑ Navy Pt Magu
- ↑ John Scheibe (2008-01-16). "Despite hazard, Mugu Rock cliff is a lure for fishermen". Venture County Star.
- ↑ "3 who died off Point Mugu are ID'd". LA Times. 2008-11-29.
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