Covelo is a census-designated place in Mendocino County, California, United States. Covelo is located 14 miles east-northeast of Laytonville, at an elevation of 1,398 feet. The population was 1,394 at the 2020 census, up from 1,255 at the 2010 census. 405 acres of Covelo is part of the Round Valley Indian Reservation.