by CoastView | Oct 11, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Land Use, Mines, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Peterson Lagoon is the estuary of Peterson Creek that starts from the outlet of Peterson Lake at an elevation of 734 feet (224 m) on Auke Mountain and flows north-northwest for 4 miles (7 km) to the lagoon that connects to Eagle Harbor, about 56 miles (90 km)...
by CoastView | Oct 10, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers, Shelter Cabins
Rabbit Creek starts in the Mulgrave Hills and flows southwest for 23 miles (37 km) through the File Mountains, also known as the Tahinichok Mountains, to the Chukchi Sea at the southern end of Imik Lagoon in Cape Krusenstern National Monument, about 96 miles (155 km)...
by CoastView | Oct 9, 2023 | 2023, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Land Use, Natural History
Lucia is a community in Monterey County located at an elevation of 354 feet (108 m) on the Big Sur coast, about 43 miles (69 km) south-southeast of Monterey and 8.5 miles (14 km) north-northwest of Plaskett, California. Lucia is named after the adjacent Santa Lucia...
by CoastView | Oct 8, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers, Shelter Cabins
Aitiligauraq Shelter Cabin is in the Cape Krusenstern National Monument in northwestern Alaska and is situated on the south bank of an unnamed creek that flows west for 5 miles (8 km) from Eigaloruk Mountain to a coastal lagoon, about 110 miles (177 km) southeast of...
by CoastView | Oct 7, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Washington
Hedley Spit is a sand deposit with an elevation of about 3.5 feet (1 m), located on Bainbridge Island at Point Monroe, north of Faye Bainbridge State Park, about 11 miles (18 km) northwest of Seattle and 1 mile (1.6 km) northeast of Port Madison, Washington. For...
by CoastView | Oct 6, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Communities, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Rivers
Hope is a historic community on the Kenai Peninsula at the mouth of Resurrection Creek on the south shore of Turnagain Arm in upper Cook Inlet, about 22 miles (35.5 km) southeast of Anchorage and 18 miles (29 km) west-southwest of Girdwood, Alaska. Resurrection Creek...