by CoastView | Mar 11, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Washington
Toke Point is at the end of Tokeland Spit that projects southeast for 3 miles (5 km) from the northern shore of Willapa Bay, a large estuary formed by several streams, the largest being Willapa River, about 55 miles (89 km) southwest of Olympia and 15 miles (24 km)...
by CoastView | Mar 10, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, California, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History
Stinson Beach is a community on Bolinas Bay developed on a crescent-shaped sand spit partially enclosing Bolinas Lagoon between Duxbury Point to the northwest and Rocky Point to the south, about 15 miles (24 km) northwest of San Francisco and 14 miles (23 km)...
by CoastView | Mar 9, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks
Netarts Spit is in Cape Lookout State Park and extends north for 6 miles (10 km) from Cape Lookout, forming Netarts Bay, an estuary of 2,179 acres (883 ha) for several minor streams draining the western flank of an unnamed peninsula separating Tillamook Bay from the...
by CoastView | Mar 8, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers, Washington
Hoh River starts from the terminus of the Hoh Glacier at an elevation of roughly 4,200 feet (1,280 m) on the northeast flank of Mount Olympus in Olympic National Park and flows generally west-southwest for 56 miles (90 km) draining a watershed of 191,360 acres (77,441...
by CoastView | Mar 7, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Leffingwell Camp is situated on Flaxman Island, a shape-shifting barrier island separating the Beaufort Sea to the north and Lion Bay to the south, about 58 miles (94 km) east of Deadhorse and 58 miles (94 km) west of Kaktovik, Alaska. Barrier islands stretch across...
