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Mud Bay, Kachemak Bay
Mud Bay is a tidal flat about 0.6 miles (1 km) wide, partially enclosed by sand spits and situated at the sheltered base of the Homer Spit on the northwest shore of Kachemak Bay, about 2.7 miles (4 km) southwest of Millers Landing and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southeast of Homer, Alaska.
Bluff Point, Kachemak Bay
Bluff Point is a prominent headland near the north shore entrance to Kachemak Bay with an elevation ranging from approximately 300 to 700 feet (100 to 215 m), about 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Anchor Point and 4 miles (6 km) west of Homer, Alaska.
Shepard Point, Orca Inlet
Shepard Point is an alluvial fan on the eastern shore of Orca Inlet in Prince William Sound at Nelson Bay, which is an estuary mostly formed by the Rude River, about 41 miles (66 km) southeast of Valdez and 7 miles (11.3 km) north-northeast of Cordova, Alaska.
San Juan Cove, Tutka Bay
San Juan Cove is a small embayment on the north shore of Tutka Bay, a deglaciated fjord on the southern shore of Kachemak Bay in the Kenai Mountains in Kachemak Bay State Park, about 13 miles (21 km) south-southeast of Homer and 11 miles (18 km) east-northeast of Seldovia, Alaska.
Westport, Point Chehalis
Westport is a community located on Point Chehalis, a peninsula between South Bay and the Pacific Ocean that partially encloses Grays Harbor from the south, about 53 miles (85 km) north-northwest of Astoria and 15 miles (24 km) west-southwest of Aberdeen, Washington.
Nanwalek, English Bay
Nanwalek is a community on English Bay, a small embayment on the eastern shore of lower Cook Inlet at the southern entrance to Port Graham on the Kenai Peninsula, about 24 miles (38 km) southwest of Homer and 3.4 miles (5.5 km) west of the village of Port Graham, Alaska.
Port O’Brien, Uganik Bay
Port O’Brien is a remote salmon cannery located on the eastern shore of Northeast Arm Uganik Bay on the northwest coast of Kodiak Island, about 147 miles (236 km) south-southwest of Homer and 34 miles (55 km) west of Kodiak, Alaska.
Rogue River, Gold Beach
The Rogue River flows west for 215 miles (346 km) to the Pacific Ocean, about 23 miles (37 km) south-southeast of Port Orford and at Gold Beach, Oregon.
Falls Creek, Kachemak Bay
Falls Creek is located on the Kenai Peninsula, flowing generally south for 3.2 miles (5 km) to the northwestern shore of Kachemak Bay, approximately 17 miles (27 km) northeast of Homer and 2.5 miles (4 km) southwest of Kachemak Selo, Alaska.
McWay Creek, Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park
McWay Creek drains a watershed of approximately 1,730 acres (700 ha) and flows southwest for 2.5 miles (4 km) through Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park and McWay Canyon one Big Sur coast, about 30 miles (48 km) south-southeast of Carmel and 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Lucia, California.
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