by CoastView | Apr 27, 2023 | 2023, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History, Parks
Año Nuevo Island is the site of a historic light tower and fog signal on about 9 acres (3.6 ha) and separated from Point Año Nuevo by a shallow channel encompassed by Año Nuevo State Park, about 21 miles (34 km) northwest of Santa Cruz and 11 miles (18 km)...
by CoastView | Apr 20, 2023 | 2023, California, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, Parks
Point Bonita is the site of a historic lighthouse situated on the Marin Headlands at the northern entrance to the Golden Gate, about 7 miles (11 km) west-northwest of San Francisco, and 4 miles (7 km) southwest of Sausalito, California. The point was named Punta de...
by CoastView | Apr 13, 2023 | 2023, Biodiversity, California, Headlands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History, Parks
Point Reyes is a prominent headland with a historic lighthouse located in Point Reyes National Seashore, a park and nature preserve of 71,028 acres (28,744 ha), about 35 miles (56 km) northwest of San Francisco and 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Inverness, California....
by CoastView | Apr 6, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Communities
San Elijo Lagoon is 915 acres (370 ha) of tidal wetlands formed by Escondido Creek that drains a watershed of 54,000 acres (22,000 ha) and flows generally southwest for 26 miles (42 km) to the Pacific Ocean at Cardiff, or Cardiff-by-the-Sea, a beach community in...
by CoastView | Mar 31, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, California, Coastal Features, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
A delta of 33,000 acres (13,355 ha) is formed by the Eel River, which starts at an elevation of 6,245 feet (1,903 m) on the southern flank of Bald Mountain in Mendocino National Forest and flows generally northwest for 196 miles (315 km) draining a watershed of...
by CoastView | Mar 23, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, California, Coastal Features, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Natural History
Cluster Cone Rocks are at Bear Harbor, the site of a historical lumber wharf built over the rocky point that protects a small south-facing embayment with a sandy beach in Sinkyone Wilderness State Park on the Mendocino coast, about 21 miles (34 km) north-northwest of...