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Point Resistance, Point Reyes National Seashore
Point Resistance is a headland on Drakes Bay at the north end of Kelham Beach in the Phillip Burton Wilderness of Point Reyes National Seashore and on the western shore of the Marin Peninsula, about 27 miles (44 km) northwest of San Francisco and 3.5 miles (7 km) southwest of Olema, California.
Cape Suckling, Suckling Hills
Cape Suckling is an area of wave eroded rocky reefs backed by dunes and farther inland, the Suckling Hills and the terminus of the Bering Glacier, about 150 miles (241 km) west-northwest of Yakutat and 73 miles (117 km) southeast of Cordova, Alaska.
Ebey’s Landing, Whidbey Island
Ebey’s Landing is a strand on the southwest coast of Whidbey Island on Admiralty Inlet in northern Puget Sound, and the site of a historic pioneer homestead, about 45 miles (72 km) north-northwest of Seattle and 2 miles (3.2 km) south-southwest of Coupeville, Washington.
Cape Lewis, Lisburne Peninsula
Cape Lewis is a promontory with a summit elevation of 1,222 feet (372 m) with steep sea cliffs located between Ukinyak Creek to the north and Kiliktakgot Creek to the south, 11 miles (18 km) south of Cape Lisburne on the Lisburne Peninsula, about 107 miles (172 km) southwest of Point Lay and 27 miles (44 km) north-northeast of Point Hope, Alaska.
Pitmegea River, Cape Sabine
Pitmegea River starts from an elevation of about 1,300 feet (396 m) in the De Long Mountains of the western Brooks Range, and flows generally northwest for 37 miles (60 km), draining a watershed of about 351,053 acres (142,066 ha), to Cape Sabine on the Chukchi Sea between Agiak Lagoon to the east and Corwin Bluff to the west, about 70 miles (113 km) south-southwest of Point Lay and 66 miles (106 km) northeast of Point Hope, Alaska.
Jug Handle Cove, Ecological Staircase
Jug Handle Cove is a California State Natural Preserve consisting of a series of ancient marine terraces called the Ecological Staircase at the mouth of Jug Handle Creek that exhibits different stages of ecological succession, about 5 miles (8 km) south of Fort Bragg and 5 miles (8 km) north of Mendocino, California.
Slip Point, Clallam Bay
Slip Point is located on the southern shore of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, at the eastern end of Clallam Bay, on the Olympic Peninsula about 39 miles (63 km) west-northwest of Port Angeles and 0.7 miles (1 km) northeast of the community of Clallam Bay, Washington.
Lobos Creek, Baker Beach
Lobos Creek is a stream in the Presidio of San Francisco that drains urban runoff and underground springs, and flows intermittently west for 1 mile (1.6 km) from near Mountain Lake to the Pacific Ocean between Baker Beach and China Beach, about 5 miles (8 km) west of downtown San Francisco and at Sea Cliff, California.
Crescent Beach, Ecola State Park
Crescent Beach is situated between Ecola Point and Chapman Point in Ecola State Park, about 20 miles (32 km) south-southwest of Astoria and 2 miles (3.2 km) north-northwest of Cannon Beach, Oregon.
Icy Strait Point, Port Frederick
Icy Strait Point is a restored historic salmon cannery situated on Cannery Point, on the south shore of Icy Strait and on the eastern shore at the mouth of Port Frederick, a deep embayment on the northeast coast of Chichagof Island, about 22 miles (35 km) south-southeast of Gustavus and 1.6 miles (2.6 km) north-northwest of Hoonah, Alaska.
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