Spyrock | |
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Coordinates: 39°52′36″N 123°26′38″W / 39.87667°N 123.44389°W | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Mendocino County |
Elevation | 850 ft (259 m) |
Spyrock (formerly, Spy Rock) is an unincorporated community of ranches in Mendocino County, California. [1] [2] It is located around Spyrock Road, which runs east of Highway 101 to the Eel River and Northwestern Pacific Railroad. [3] [2]
It is named after Spy Rock, a 540 ft landmark hill on the east side of the river, and The Wildlands Conservancy operates the 5,832 acres Spyrock reserve in the area. [4] [5] [6]
A post office operated at Spyrock from 1910 to 1911, and from 1915 to 1967. [7] Spy Rock Elementary School located on Spy Rock Road is in Laytonville Unified school district, [8] although Spy Rock previously had its own school district. [9]
There was a station on the railroad named Spy Rock which until 1914 was named Redwine. [10]
In 1982 a Petroglyph site was discovered beside Spy Rock Road which provided the first evidence of complex rock art boulders in the western United States. [11] [12]
The Spy Rock Road album by The Lookouts was named after the road by Larry Livermore who lived in Spy Rock in the 1980s. [2]
Spy Rock features prominently in the 2021 Hulu docuseries Sasquatch.
Spyrock | |
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Coordinates: 39°52′36″N 123°26′38″W / 39.87667°N 123.44389°W | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Mendocino County |
Elevation | 850 ft (259 m) |
Spyrock (formerly, Spy Rock) is an unincorporated community of ranches in Mendocino County, California. [1] [2] It is located around Spyrock Road, which runs east of Highway 101 to the Eel River and Northwestern Pacific Railroad. [3] [2]
It is named after Spy Rock, a 540 ft landmark hill on the east side of the river, and The Wildlands Conservancy operates the 5,832 acres Spyrock reserve in the area. [4] [5] [6]
A post office operated at Spyrock from 1910 to 1911, and from 1915 to 1967. [7] Spy Rock Elementary School located on Spy Rock Road is in Laytonville Unified school district, [8] although Spy Rock previously had its own school district. [9]
There was a station on the railroad named Spy Rock which until 1914 was named Redwine. [10]
In 1982 a Petroglyph site was discovered beside Spy Rock Road which provided the first evidence of complex rock art boulders in the western United States. [11] [12]
The Spy Rock Road album by The Lookouts was named after the road by Larry Livermore who lived in Spy Rock in the 1980s. [2]
Spy Rock features prominently in the 2021 Hulu docuseries Sasquatch.