by CoastView | Oct 27, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Developments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, Parks
Point Sur Light Station is situated on a prominent volcanic rock just offshore from the Big Sur coast, and connected to the mainland by a sandy tombolo, about 60 miles (97 km) northwest of San Simeon and 20 miles (32 km) south of Monterey, California. Historically the...
by CoastView | Oct 23, 2024 | 2024, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, Parks
Lighthouse Park was historically called Point Atkinson, a headland that together with Point Grey to the south, defines the entrance to Burrard Inlet, a fjord incising the lower mainland of British Columbia, about 33 miles (53 km) northeast of Nanaimo and 8 miles (13...
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 18, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, Washington
Dofflemyer Point is located in the community of Boston Harbor, on the eastern shore of South Puget Sound, and defines the entrance to Budd Inlet, about 23 miles (37 km) west-southwest of Tacoma and 7 miles (11 km) north of Olympia, Washington. Olympia was founded in...
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 12, 2024 | 2024, Coastal Features, Developments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Oregon, Parks
Tillamook Head is a steep rocky promontory with an elevation of approximately 1,200 feet (366 m), located in Ecola State Park, about 5 miles (8 km) southwest of Seaside and 4 miles (6.4 km) north-northwest of Cannon Beach, Oregon. The promontory is named after the...
