by CoastView | Sep 29, 2024 | 2024, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks
Three Arch Rocks are massive arched basalt sea stacks located south of Cape Meares and 0.5 miles (0.9 km) offshore from Maxwell Point at the community of Oceanside, about 8 miles (13 km) south-southwest of Garibaldi and 2.7 miles (4 km) northwest of Netarts, Oregon....
by CoastView | Sep 9, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks
Strawberry Hill is part of Neptune State Park, situated between Nancy Creek and Bob Creek, about 19 miles (31 km) north of Florence and 5 miles (8 km) south of Yachats, Oregon. The Strawberry Hill Rocky Shore Area is a series of basalt outcrops along the base of Cape...
by CoastView | Aug 18, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers, Shelter Cabins
Mount Susitna is a prominent mountain and landmark in northern Cook Inlet, with an elevation of 4,396 feet (1,340 m) rising from the Susitna FlatsĀ on the west bank of the Susitna River, about 65 miles (105 km) north-northeast of Kenai and 33 miles (53 km) northwest of...
by CoastView | Jul 31, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Coastal Features, Glaciers, Islands, Land Use, Mines, Natural History, Rivers
The Copper River watershed drains about 24,000 square miles (62,000 sq km) in the Wrangell, Chugach, and Saint Elias mountains and the mainstem flows for about 290 miles (470 km) to the Gulf of Alaska where it creates a wide delta, about 195 miles west-northwest of...
by CoastView | Jul 16, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Freshwater, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
King Slough is a water passage between Farm Island and Dry Island in the Stikine River delta, about 22 miles (36 km) southeast of Petersburg and 11 miles (18 km) north-northwest of Wrangell, Alaska. The slough is about 5 miles (8 km) long from North Arm Stikine River...
by CoastView | Jul 8, 2024 | 2024, Alaska, Developments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Chirikof Island is about 33,000 acres (13,000 ha) and part of the Kodiak Island Archipelago located in the western Gulf of Alaska, about 180 miles (290 km) southwest of Kodiak and 137 miles (221 km) east of Perryville, Alaska. Despite the extreme remoteness, the...
