by CoastView | Nov 13, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Natural History, Rivers
Lost River starts at an elevation of 1400 feet (427 m) on the south flank of the York Mountains on the Seward Peninsula and flows south for 9.5 miles (15 km) to the Bering Sea, about 86 miles (138 km) northwest of Nome and 31 miles (50 km) southeast of Wales, Alaska....
by CoastView | Nov 12, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Biodiversity, Canneries, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Washington
Tongue Point is at the end of Semiahmoo Spit, a sand bar of 125 acres (51 ha) and about 1 mile (1.6 km) long that partially encloses Drayton Harbor, about 21 miles (34 km) northwest of Bellingham and 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Blaine, Washington. The name of the spit is...
by CoastView | Nov 11, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History
Dillon Beach is a community situated along Dillon Creek that starts at an elevation of 430 feet (131 m) and flows generally west for 1.3 miles (2 km) to Bodega Bay near the mouth of Tomales Bay, about 43 miles (69 km) north-northwest of San Francisco and 7 miles (11...
by CoastView | Nov 10, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History
Nelson Lagoon is a community situated on the Bering Sea coast of the Alaska Peninsula, on a narrow barrier sand spit forming the embayment of Nelson Lagoon, about 258 miles (415 km) northeast of Dutch Harbor and 24 miles (39 km) west of Port Moller, Alaska....
by CoastView | Nov 7, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Coastal Features, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History, Parks, Washington
New Dungeness Light Station is located on Dungeness Spit in Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge on the southern coast of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, about 17 miles (27 km) west-northwest of Port Townsend and 7 miles (11 km) north of Sequim, Washington. Dungeness Spit...
by CoastView | Nov 4, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Limekiln State Park is 716 acres (290 ha) on the Big Sur coast at Rockland Landing, about 31 miles (50 km) northwest of San Simeon and 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Lucia, California. The park was established in 1994 and includes the ruins of four historic limekilns,...
