Point Mugu, California

This article is about the unincorporated area. For the Naval Base, see Naval Air Station Point Mugu.

Mugu Rock
—  Unincorporated area  —
"Mugu Rock" at Point Mugu
Mugu Rock Location within the state of California
Coordinates: 34°5′8″N 119°3′36″W / 34.08556°N 119.06°W / 34.08556; -119.06Coordinates: 34°5′8″N 119°3′36″W / 34.08556°N 119.06°W / 34.08556; -119.06
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
FIPS code
GNIS feature ID

Point Mugu ( /məˈɡuː/), California is an unincorporated area and geographical promontory on the Pacific coast in Ventura County, near the town of Port Hueneme and the city of Oxnard. 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. 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 hundreds of 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, sight seeing, cliff diving, and rock climbing up the sheer sides of the rock itself.^[1] 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.^[2]

The ZIP Code is 93042, and the area is inside area code 805.

References

1. ^ John Scheibe (2008-01-16). "Despite hazard, Mugu Rock cliff is a lure for fishermen". Venture County Star. http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jan/16/despite-hazard-mugu-rock-cliff-is-a-lure-for/. 
2. ^ "Rogue wave drowns 3 along Calif. coast; 2 survive". Associated Press. 2008-11-27. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ihYWAnNOqd3bgRU5oY8Zep2kdnGgD94NK9J00.