by CoastView | Oct 3, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, California, Coastal Features, Developments, Headlands, Land Use, Natural History, 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 21, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Headlands
Tignagvik Point is a headland on the western shore of Cook Inlet, at the northern point of entrance to Kamishak Bay, about 80 miles (129 km) west-southwest of Homer and 47 miles (76 km) southeast of Iliamna, Alaska. The Alutiiq name was first published in 1915 by the...
by CoastView | Sep 17, 2023 | 2023, Headlands, Islands, Lighthouses, Washington
Marrowstone Point is a low broad spit on the north shore of Marrowstone Island that marks the entrance to Port Townsend Bay from Admiralty Inlet, about 38 miles (61 km) north-northwest of Seattle and 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Port Townsend, Washington. Captain...
by CoastView | Sep 12, 2023 | 2023, California, Coastal Features, Headlands, Parks
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 | Aug 23, 2023 | 2023, California, Developments, Headlands
The Clinton Della Walker House was designed in 1948 by Frank Lloyd Wright and completed around 1951 on 216 acres (87 ha) of Carmel Point, about 4.5 miles (7 km) southwest of Monterey and 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of Carmel, California. The piece of property on which...
by CoastView | Aug 21, 2023 | 2023, Coastal Features, Headlands, Washington
Fuca Pillar is a prominent rectangular sea stack on the west side of Cape Flattery, about 18 miles (29 km) southwest of Port Renfrew and 6 miles (10 km) west-northwest of Neah Bay, Washington. The Fuca Pillar is named for Ioannis Phokas, better known by the Spanish...
