High Willhays High Willhays High Willhays or, according to some authors, High Willes is the highest point on Dartmoor, Devon, at above sea level, and the highest point in the United Kingdom south of the Brecon Beacons. In 1912, William Crossing, writer and documenter, said that the name "High Willes" had been thought to have derived from the word "huel" or "wheal" meaning "mine", but he did not think that very likely as old mine workings were invariably located near to streams. He suggested instead that the name derived from "gwylfa", a watching place, noting its similarity with "Brown Willy", the name
Mission Point (California) Space Preserve which was dedicated August 12, 2002. Mission Point (California) Mission Point, better known as "Mission Peak" to locals, is a spur of Oat Mountain. It is 2,771 ft (845 m) high. In Los Angeles County, Southern California, it is the second highest peak of the Santa Susana Mountains after Oat Mountain. Mission Point is located in the eastern edge of the Santa Susana Mountains. Newhall Pass lies to the east, separating the Santa Susana and San Gabriel mountain ranges. Mission Point is located above Aliso Canyon, north of California State Route 118 (Ronald Reagan freeway) between Porter Ranch