by CoastView | Oct 3, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, California, Coastal Features, Developments, Headlands, Land Use, Natural History, October 2023, Parks
Año Nuevo Dunes are in Año Nuevo State Park which is known for pinniped rookeries and seabirds, located on a low rocky windswept point, about 55 miles (89 km) south of San Francisco and 21 miles (34 km) northwest of Santa Cruz, California. The reserve is a habitat for...
by CoastView | Sep 29, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, California, Embayments, Land Use, Parks, September 2023
Limantour Beach is a long narrow spit in Point Reyes National Seashore between Drakes Bay and Limantour Estuary, about 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Bolinas and 6 miles (10 km) southwest of Point Reyes Station, California. The beach and estuary are named after Joseph...
by CoastView | Sep 24, 2023 | 2023, California, Parks, Sea Caves, September 2023
Skips Punchbowl is a littoral sinkhole along the California Coastal Trail in Mendocino County, located on the Noyo Headlands about 1 mile (1.6 km) south-southwest of Fort Bragg and 0.6 miles (1 km) west of Noyo, California. This section of coastline has been...
by CoastView | Sep 18, 2023 | 2023, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Sea Caves, September 2023
Sunset Cliffs is a neighborhood adjacent to the Pacific Ocean on the western edge of Point Loma, about 7.5 miles (12 km) south of La Jolla and 5 miles (8 km) west of San Diego, California. The area is named for the sheer cliffs which border the ocean and historically...
by CoastView | Sep 12, 2023 | 2023, California, Coastal Features, Headlands, Parks, September 2023
A viewing platform for seal and whale watching is at Laguna Point, part of MacKerricher State Park, and adjacent to MacKerricher State Marine Conservation Area, about 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Fort Bragg and 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Cleone, California. The state park...
by CoastView | Sep 5, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, California, Coastal Features, September 2023
The Lanphere Dunes are located between the Pacific Ocean and the Mad River Slough that flows through the Arcata Bottoms at the head of Humboldt Bay, about 59 miles (95 km) south of Crescent City and 8 miles (13 km) north of Eureka, California. The Lanphere Dunes are...
