Moss Cove Rest Area
Moss Cove Rest Area is a rest area in California, at a recorded elevation of 357 m. Big Signal Peak stands 1,882 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Sam Watt Rock, a peak 1.4 miles away.
10.5 mi. S. of Laytonville
The story
park in the United States of America
Wikidata Q49528725, joined on its GNIS feature id.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 357 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Sam Watt Rock: 1.4 mi
- Bald Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Brush Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Twin Rocks: 4.7 mi
- Strong Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Irvine Lodge Rest Area: 2.5 mi
- Foundation Hill: 8.5 mi
- Willits City Park: 10.2 mi
- Recreation Grove Park: 10.5 mi
- Fairgrounds: 10.5 mi
- Inglenook Fen-Ten Mile Dunes Natural Preserve: 18.6 mi
- MacKerricher State Park: 19.5 mi
- Woodlands Special Treatment Area: 21.0 mi
- Otis R. Johnson Wilderness Park: 21.0 mi
- Woodlands Special Treatment Area: 21.3 mi
- Seaside Beach: 18.2 mi
- Ten Mile Beach: 18.8 mi
- Laguna Point Beach: 20.2 mi
- Wages Creek Beach: 20.3 mi
- Pudding Creek Beach: 21.4 mi
- Willts Centennial Monument: 10.2 mi
- Willits Arch: 10.9 mi
- "Ruins" (Not that ruined): 12.0 mi
- Totem Poll: 14.6 mi
- California Historical Landmark #674 Round Valley: 15.4 mi
- zen garden: 10.1 mi
- Labrynth: 14.6 mi
- Vegetable Garden and Orchard: 22.9 mi
- Dahlia Garden: 22.9 mi
- Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens: 23.0 mi
- Mendocino County Museum: 10.4 mi
- Noyo Center for Marine Science: 21.5 mi
- Depot Mall & Museum: 21.6 mi
- Guest House Museum: 21.6 mi
- Tony Phillips Model Railroad Complex: 21.6 mi
- Windy Point: 11.2 mi
- Windy Point: 12.4 mi
- Inspiration Point: 15.5 mi
- White Rock: 17.9 mi
- Seabiscuit's Grave and Statue: 17.1 mi
- Tide pools: 20.5 mi
- Skunk Train: 21.6 mi
- Lopes Cabin: 24.7 mi
- Dogwood Day Use: 15.1 mi
- Camp 20: 15.4 mi
- Camp One Day Use: 17.7 mi
- Whale Rock Arch: 18.3 mi
- Jughandle: 24.4 mi
- Cape Vizcaino Arch: 24.9 mi
- Willits "W" Sign: 9.7 mi
- Edgewater Gallery: 21.5 mi
- Joe Burke Falls: 5.9 mi
- Chamberlain Creek Waterfall: 13.1 mi
- Empire Camp Rest Area: 21.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.8 miles of Moss Cove Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Signal Peak | E 98° | 1,882 m | 17.7 mi |
| Impassable Rock | E 93° | 1,743 m | 16.2 mi |
| Little Signal | ESE 101° | 1,713 m | 19.6 mi |
| Little Signal Peak | E 99° | 1,701 m | 19.0 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | ENE 72° | 1,480 m | 10.3 mi |
| Iron Peak | N 351° | 1,373 m | 18.1 mi |
| Shell Rock | N 350° | 1,350 m | 20.7 mi |
| Cahto Peak | NW 319° | 1,284 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:50 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 20:05 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:11 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 45 | 47 | 50 | 55 | 60 | 66 | 65 | 62 | 55 | 48 | 43 |
| Precip in | 9.2 | 8.6 | 7.1 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 5.8 | 9.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Willits 1 NE, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/97507986
Day trips start here
- Willits · 10 mi
- Mendocino County · 29 mi
- Ukiah · 30 mi
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