by CoastView | Feb 24, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Best of 2023, California, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Parks, Shipwrecks
Tennessee Cove is an embayment with a sandy beach about 600 feet (180 m) long on the Pacific Ocean between Pirates Cove to the north and Rodeo Cove to the south in Golden Gate National Recreation Area about 10 miles (16 km) northwest of San Francisco and 3.6 miles...
by CoastView | Feb 22, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Coastal Features, Developments, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks, Rivers
Winchuck River starts at an elevation of about 2,000 feet (610 m) and flows generally southwest for 19 miles (31 km) through the Rogue River–Siskiyou National Forest to the Pacific Ocean at Crissey Field, about 17 miles (27 km) north of Crescent City and 4.8 miles...
by CoastView | Feb 18, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Polly Creek and Little Polly Creek drain a combined watershed of 16,113 acres (6,521 ha), on the southern flank of an unnamed ridge that extends southeast from the summit of Mount Redoubt, and flow generally south for 9 miles (14.5 km) and 8 miles (12.8 km)...
by CoastView | Feb 9, 2023 | 2023, Beaches, Coastal Features, Land Use, Natural History, Oregon, Parks, Rivers
Clatsop Spit is part of Fort Stevens State Park that projects north from the south bank of the Columbia River and the submerged portion forms the Columbia River Bar, about 80 miles (129 km) northwest of Portland and 9 miles (15 km) west-northwest of Astoria, Oregon....
by CoastView | Jan 30, 2023 | 2023, British Columbia, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Parks
Siwash Rock is a sea stack on the western shoreline of Stanley Park in Burrard Inlet, between English Bay to the south and the entrance to Vancouver Harbour to the north, about 3 miles (5 km) northwest of downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. The formation is about 50...
by CoastView | Jan 26, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Coastal Features, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Crescent River is formed by the junction of the North Fork and Lake Fork tributaries, that start in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, and flows southeast for 12 miles (19 km) to the northern shore of Tuxedni Bay near the entrance on the western coast of Cook...
