by CoastView | May 18, 2025 | 2025, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers, Washington
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Elwha-River.mp3 The Elwha River starts from a perennial snowfield at an elevation of 4,763 feet (1,452 m) in the Olympic Mountains and flows generally north for 45 miles (72 km) to Angeles...
by CoastView | May 16, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Barabara-Point.mp3 Barabara Point is on the Kenai Peninsula, between McDonald Spit to the east and Seldovia Point to the west, in Kachemak Bay, about 12 miles (19 km) south-southwest of Homer...
by CoastView | May 12, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Biodiversity, Canneries, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Rivers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Dillingham.mp3 Dillingham is a community on the south side of Snag Point at the confluence of the Wood and Nushagak Rivers, at the head of Nushagak Bay on the north coast of Bristol Bay, about...
by CoastView | May 11, 2025 | 2025, Beaches, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Oregon, Rivers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Waldport.mp3 Waldport is a community situated on the southern shore of Alsea Bay, an estuary of the Alsea River, about 15 miles (24 km) south of Newport and 8 miles (13 km) north of Yachats,...
by CoastView | May 9, 2025 | 2025, Alaska, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Historical, Kachemak, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Humpy-Creek.mp3 Humpy Creek drains a watershed of 6,912 acres (2,797 ha) and flows northwest for about 4.5 miles (7 km) from Emerald Lake in the Kenai Mountains to the southeastern shore of...
by CoastView | May 4, 2025 | 2025, Best of 2025, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Parks, Rivers, Washington
Listen to the article here https://coastview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Dismal-Nitch.mp3 Dismal Nitch is a cove on the north shore of the lower Columbia River, historically significant as the last campsite of the Lewis and Clark Expedition before they sighted the...
