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 29, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, California, Embayments, Land Use, Parks
Limantour Beach is a long narrow spit in Point Reyes National Seashore between Drakes Bay and Limantour Estuary, about 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Bolinas and 6 miles (10 km) southwest of Point Reyes Station, California. The beach and estuary are named after Joseph...
by CoastView | Sep 28, 2023 | 2023, Islands, Land Use, Parks, Washington
Little Sucia Island is part of an archipelago of ten islands including Sucia Island, Ewing, Justice, Herndon, Cluster Islands, and several smaller unnamed islands, about 20 miles (32 km) west of Bellingham and 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north of Eastsound, Washington. The...
by CoastView | Sep 24, 2023 | 2023, California, Parks, Sea Caves
Skips Punchbowl is a littoral sinkhole along the California Coastal Trail in Mendocino County, located on the Noyo Headlands about 1 mile (1.6 km) south-southwest of Fort Bragg and 0.6 miles (1 km) west of Noyo, California. This section of coastline has been...
by CoastView | Sep 20, 2023 | 2023, British Columbia, Communities, Embayments, Historical, Parks
Genoa Bay is located between Separation Point and Mount Tzouhalem on the north shore of Cowichan Bay on Vancouver Island, about 33 miles (53 km) southeast of Nanaimo and 5 miles (8 km) east-southeast of Duncan, British Columbia. The bay was named by Giovanni Baptiste...
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...
