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...
by CoastView | Jan 25, 2023 | 2023, Coastal Features, Islands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History, Parks, Washington
Destruction Island is part of the Quillayute Needles National Wildlife Refuge, located 3.5 miles (6 km) offshore from the Olympic Peninsula, about 56 miles (90 km) southwest of Port Angeles and 17 miles (27 km) south-southeast of La Push, Washington. Quillayute...
by CoastView | Jan 24, 2023 | 2023, Alaska, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Glaciers, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Bradley River is located on the Kenai Peninsula and flows generally northwest for 7 miles (11 km) from Bradley Lake at an elevation of 1,090 feet (332 m) to Kachemak Bay, about 31 miles (50 km) southeast of Ninilchik and 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Homer, Alaska....
