by CoastView | May 11, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, California, Coastal Features, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Waterfalls
McWay Creek drains a watershed of about 1730 acres (700 ha) and flows generally southwest for 2.5 miles (4.0 km) through Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park from McWay Canyon to McWay Falls, which cascades 80 feet (24 m) over a sea cliff into a cove on the Big Sur coast,...
by CoastView | May 9, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers, Washington
Elwha River drains a watershed of about 204,799 acres (82,880 ha) and flows generally north for 45 miles (72 km) from a perennial snowfield at an elevation of 4,763 feet (1452 m) in the Olympic Mountains to Angeles Point at Freshwater Bay on the southern shore of the...
by CoastView | May 4, 2022 | 2022, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Dana Point is a prominent headland situated between Dana Point Harbor to the south and Strand Beach to the north, protected from further development by the Dana Point Headlands Conservation Area, about 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Los Angeles and 4 miles (6 km)...
by CoastView | May 1, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Historical, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Humpy Creek drains a watershed of 6,912 acres (2,797 ha) and flows generally northwest for about 4.5 miles (7 km) from Emerald Lake at an elevation of 1,138 feet (347 m) in the Kenai Mountains to the southeastern shore of Kachemak Bay, about 67 miles (108 km)...
by CoastView | Apr 29, 2022 | 2022, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Bartlett Cove is an embayment, and estuary of the Bartlett River, that extends northeast for 2 miles (3.2 km) from the eastern shore of Glacier Bay and is the location of a small resort community and administrative headquarters for Glacier Bay National Park and...
by CoastView | Apr 27, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Biodiversity, California, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks
Morro Dunes form a barrier spit separating Morro Bay to the east from the Pacific Ocean to the west, about 6 miles (10 km) south-southwest of the community of Morro Bay and 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Los Osos, California. The dunes are named after the bay, which in turn...
