by CoastView | May 23, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Kachemak, Land Use, Mines, Natural History, Parks, Rivers, Waterfalls
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Falls-Creek.mp3 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...
by CoastView | May 21, 2025 | 2025, Beaches, California, Coastal Features, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Waterfalls
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/McWay-Falls.mp3 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 on the...
by CoastView | May 18, 2025 | 2025, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers, Washington
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Elwha-River.mp3 The Elwha River starts from a perennial snowfield at an elevation of 4,763 feet (1,452 m) in the Olympic Mountains and flows generally north for 45 miles (72 km) to Angeles...
by CoastView | May 16, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Barabara-Point.mp3 Barabara Point is on the Kenai Peninsula, between McDonald Spit to the east and Seldovia Point to the west, in Kachemak Bay, about 12 miles (19 km) south-southwest of Homer...
by CoastView | May 11, 2025 | 2025, Beaches, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Oregon, Rivers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Waldport.mp3 Waldport is a community situated on the southern shore of Alsea Bay, an estuary of the Alsea River, about 15 miles (24 km) south of Newport and 8 miles (13 km) north of Yachats,...
by CoastView | May 9, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Historical, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Humpy-Creek.mp3 Humpy Creek drains a watershed of 6,912 acres (2,797 ha) and flows northwest for about 4.5 miles (7 km) from Emerald Lake in the Kenai Mountains to the southeastern shore of...