Moss Landing, California
Moss Landing, California | |
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Aerial view | |
Location in Monterey County and the state of California | |
Moss Landing Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 36°48′16″N 121°47′13″W / 36.80444°N 121.78694°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Monterey |
| Government | |
| • State senator | John Laird (D) |
| • Assemblymember | Dawn Addis (D) |
| • U.S. Rep. | Jimmy Panetta (D) |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.602 sq mi (1.56 km2) |
| • Land | 0.392 sq mi (1.02 km2) |
| • Water | 0.210 sq mi (0.54 km2) 34.88% |
| Elevation | 9.8 ft (3 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 237 |
| • Density | 604.6/sq mi (233.4/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP code | 95039 |
| Area code | 831 |
| FIPS code | 06-49488 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1659184, 2408874 |
Moss Landing, formerly Moss, is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Monterey County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census, Moss Landing had a population of 237. It is located 18 miles (29 km) north-northeast of Monterey, at an elevation of 10 feet (3.048 m). It is on the shore of Monterey Bay, at the mouth of Elkhorn Slough and at the head of the submarine Monterey Canyon.