by CoastView | Oct 20, 2024 | 2024, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Parks
The Golden Gate is a turbulent strait about 1 mile (1.6 km) wide, between Lime Point to the north and Fort Point to the south, that connects San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean, about 4 miles (6.4 km) west-northwest of downtown San Francisco and 2.2 miles (3.5 km)...
by CoastView | Oct 14, 2024 | 2024, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Headlands, Land Use, Lighthouses
Point Pinos is in the community of Pacific Grove at the northern end of the Monterey Peninsula and is the location of the oldest continuously operated lighthouse on the U.S. west coast, about 24 miles (39 km) south-southeast of Santa Cruz and 3 miles (4.8 km)...
by CoastView | Oct 8, 2024 | 2024, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Developments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses
Point Vicente is on the Palos Verdes Peninsula between Long Point to the southeast and Resort Point to the northwest, about 20 miles (32 km) south-southeast of Santa Monica and 12.5 miles (20 km) west of Long Beach, California. The Palos Verdes Peninsula is the most...
by CoastView | Oct 1, 2024 | 2024, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses
Ballast Point is a peninsula that extends northwest for 0.44 miles (0.7 km) from the Point Loma Peninsula at the mouth of San Diego Bay, about 11 miles (18 km) south of La Jolla and 4 miles (6 km) southwest of downtown San Diego, California. The Spanish called the...
by CoastView | Sep 24, 2024 | 2024, California, Coastal Features, Developments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses
New Point Loma Light is a station at the southern tip of Point Loma, a peninsula with a prominent headland that forms the western shore of San Diego Bay, about 12 miles (19 km) south of La Jolla and 5.6 miles (9 km) southwest of downtown San Diego, California. The...
by CoastView | Sep 17, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, Shipwrecks
Battery Point forms the western shore of a crescent-shaped bight, and the harbor for Crescent City, about 22 miles (35 km) south-southeast of Brookings and 66 miles (106 km) north of Eureka, California. The point is named for a battery of cannons that were salvaged...