Pacific Coast Highway 4K Driving from Point Mugu to Los Angeles

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Point Mugu is a cape or promontory within Point Mugu State Park on the Pacific Coast in Ventura County, near the city 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.

Mugu Lagoon is a salt marsh just upcoast from the promontory within the Naval Base Ventura County formerly called the Naval Air Station Point Mugu.

Mugu Rock is a distinctive feature of the coastal headland promontory that has been featured in many film shoots and television commercials.

This igneous dike marks the western end of the Santa Monica Mountains, and the Rancho Guadalasca boundary.

The rock was formed when the roadway was cut through the near-vertical ridge of resistant volcanic rock in 1937.

A route had been blasted out around the promontory in 1923–24 to complete Pacific Coast Highway between Malibu and the Oxnard Plain. This replaced a narrow path around the rock and much of that roadway has since eroded away.

The site is a popular but dangerous place for fishing, sightseeing, cliff diving, and rock climbing up the sheer sides of the rock.

 On Thanksgiving Day 2008, three young men from Oxnard were swept to sea and killed by a rogue wave while surf watching from Mugu Rock.

Directly east of Mugu Rock is Point Mugu State Beach Campsite.

The park has 5 miles (8 km) of shoreline and more than 70 miles (110 km) of hiking trails.

SR 1 is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System, and through the Los Angeles metro area, Monterey, Santa Cruz, San Francisco metro area, and Leggett is part of the National Highway System,  a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the Federal Highway Administration.

SR 1 is eligible to be included in the State Scenic Highway System;  however, only a few stretches between Los Angeles and San Francisco have officially been designated as a scenic highway, meaning that there are substantial sections of highway passing through a "memorable landscape" with no "visual intrusions", where the potential designation has gained popular favor with the community.
 
Los Angeles officially the City of Los Angeles and often known by its initials L.A., is the largest city in California.

With an estimated population of nearly four million people, it is the second most populous city in the United States (after New York City) and the third most populous city in North America (after Mexico City and New York City).

Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic diversity, Hollywood entertainment industry, and its sprawling metropolis.



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