by CoastView | Oct 15, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Biodiversity, California, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Natural History, Parks
Inverness is a community on the southwest shore of Tomales Bay, about 19 miles (14.5 km) southeast of Bodega Bay and 3.5 miles (5.6 km) northwest of Point Reyes Station, California. The community was named after Inverness, Scotland by a Scottish landowner. Inverness...
by CoastView | Oct 13, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Washington
Indianola is located on the north shore of Port Madison and east shore of Miller Bay on the Port Madison Indian Reservation, about 14 miles (23 km) northwest of Seattle and 4.6 miles (7.4 km) east of Poulsbo, Washington. The land was originally allotted to KaKue of...
by CoastView | Oct 12, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Communities, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Rivers
Kern Creek is between Portage and Girdwood on the northern shore of Turnagain Arm, about 35 miles (56 km) southeast of Anchorage and 16 miles (26 km) northwest of Whittier, Alaska. The stream flows southwest for 3.5 miles (5.6 km) from the Chugach Mountains. The name...
by CoastView | Oct 9, 2023 | 2023, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Land Use, Natural History
Lucia is a community in Monterey County located at an elevation of 354 feet (108 m) on the Big Sur coast, about 43 miles (69 km) south-southeast of Monterey and 8.5 miles (14 km) north-northwest of Plaskett, California. Lucia is named after the adjacent Santa Lucia...
by CoastView | Oct 7, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Washington
Hedley Spit is a sand deposit with an elevation of about 3.5 feet (1 m), located on Bainbridge Island at Point Monroe, north of Faye Bainbridge State Park, about 11 miles (18 km) northwest of Seattle and 1 mile (1.6 km) northeast of Port Madison, Washington. For...
by CoastView | Oct 6, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Communities, Historical, Land Use, Mines, Rivers
Hope is a historic community on the Kenai Peninsula at the mouth of Resurrection Creek on the south shore of Turnagain Arm in upper Cook Inlet, about 22 miles (35.5 km) southeast of Anchorage and 18 miles (29 km) west-southwest of Girdwood, Alaska. Resurrection Creek...
