I moved to Southern California in September 1999, and am stationed at Point Mugu Naval Air Station. The base is located approximately 80 kilometres northwest of the Los Angeles mess, at the base of the Santa Monica Mountains. I try to avoid L.A. and have only been there 3 times, once on visa business for my wife, and 2 airport runs. Click on a thumbnail for a larger photo.
Point Mugu Naval Air Station
Point Mugu NAS is home to many types of aircraft including E-2's, P-3's, C-130's, and F-14's.Unfortunately photography is prohibited in the aviation area, so I can't show you any. But, here are a few pictures of rest of the base. The beach is quite scenic and rich with wildlife including Brown Pelicans, the rare Snowy Plover, and lots of harbor seals. Frequently over 100 seals can be seen lying on the banks of the lagoon.
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The beach on base with Mugu Rock in the background. |
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La Jolla Peak at dusk. |
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At sunset. |
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Fields surround the base. |
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On-base housing. |
Point Mugu State Park
Point Mugu State Park, located between the Pacific and the Santa Monica Mountains, features 5 miles of ocean shoreline, with rocky bluffs, sandy beaches, sand dunes, rugged hills and uplands, 2 major river canyons and wide grassy valleys dotted with sycamores, oaks and a few native walnuts. There are more than 70 miles of hiking trails. The beach also features swimming, body surfing, and surf fishing. The 13,300 acre park includes the jagged pinnacles of the Boney Mountains State Wilderness Area. The beach is located 15 miles south of Oxnard on Highway 1.
There are virtual reality panoramas of Sycamore Canyon Beach and Above Sycamore Canyon at
Topographic maps of Point Mugu State Park: small 1:50,000and large 1:25,000
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1000 metre Boney Mountain from the ridge above Sycamore Canyon. |
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Boney Mountain at Sunset. |
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The view south. |
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The view north. |
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Laguna Peak with NAS in the background. |
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The mouth of Sycamore Canyon. |
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La Jolla Valley. |
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La Jolla Canyon. |
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La Jolla Canyon. |
Santa Barbara
Virtual reality panoramas of Santa Barbara Mission, Downtown Santa Barbara and Refugio State Beach near Santa Barbara.
For some nice photos of natural California hot springs, please go to Dave's Natural California Hot Springs. If you need topographic maps from anywhere in the continental U.S. you can download them from Topozone.com. They aare searchable by latitude/longitude or place name.
For more of my unusual photos of Japan and many other countries throughout the world, please go to my other page, Dave's Bonny Scotland.
Please e-mail me! davidroland@usa.net
