Spyrock (formerly, Spy Rock) is an

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of ranches in

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. It is located around Sky Rock Road, which runs east of

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to the Eel River and

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. It is named after Spy Rock, a 540 ft landmark hill on the east side of the river, and

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operates the 5,832 acres Spyrock reserve in the area. A post office operated at Spyrock from 1910 to 1911, and from 1915 to 1967. Spy Rock Elementary School located on Spy Rock Road is in Laytonville Unified school district, although Spy Rock previously had its own school district. There was a station on the railroad named Spy Rock which until 1914 was named Redwine. In 1982 a

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site was discovered beside Spy Rock Road which provided the first evidence of complex rock art boulders in the western United States. The

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album by

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was named after the road by

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who lived in Spy Rock in the 1980s. Spy Rock features prominently in the 2021

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Unincorporated communities in California Unincorporated communities in Mendocino County, California {{MendocinoCountyCA-geo-stub