by CoastView | Feb 23, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Mad River starts in the Coast Range at an elevation of 4,845 ft (1,477 m) and flows generally northwest for 113 miles (182 km), draining a watershed of 318,080 acres (128,722 ha), and enters the Pacific Ocean about 12 miles (19 km) north of Eureka and 1.8 miles (3 km)...
by CoastView | Feb 19, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Shipwrecks
Point Barrow is a spit that extends northeast from the mainland for 4 miles (6.4 km) into the Arctic Ocean forming Elson Lagoon to the southeast, about 150 miles (242 km) northwest of Nuiqsut and 9.8 miles (16 km) northeast of Utqiaġvik, Alaska. The point is a spit...
by CoastView | Feb 17, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Embayments, Headlands, Islands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History, Parks, Washington
Point Robinson is the eastern point of Maury Island in Puget Sound and the site of a historic lighthouse, about 15 miles (24 km) south of Seattle and 10 miles (16 km) north-northeast of Tacoma, Washington. The point was named in 1841 by the United States Exploring...
by CoastView | Feb 12, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Canneries, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Ivanof Bay is a community on the Alaska Peninsula at the head of Ivanof Bay, an estuary of the Ivanof River that starts at an elevation of roughly 1000 feet (305 m) on the south flank of the Alaska Peninsula and flows generally southwest for 9 miles (15 km) draining a...
by CoastView | Feb 10, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Headlands, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers, Washington
Hoko River starts in the foothills of the Olympic Mountains at an elevation of roughly 1150 feet (351 m) and flows generally north for 25 miles (40 km), draining a rugged heavily logged watershed of 48,000 acres (19,425 ha) to Kydaka Point on the Strait of Juan de...
by CoastView | Feb 4, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Estero Americano is an estuary about 4 miles (6.5 km) long that connects to Bodega Bay and is fed by Americano Creek that starts at an elevation of roughly 250 feet (76 m) in the coastal hills of Sonoma and Marin Counties and flows west for 11 miles (18 km) draining a...
