by CoastView | Apr 4, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Shipwrecks, Washington
Cape Alava is a point of land on the outer coast of the Olympic Peninsula in Olympic National Park, and bordering the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, about 22 miles (35 km) northwest of Forks and 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Neah Bay, Washington. The cape is...
by CoastView | Mar 23, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Headlands, Land Use, Mines, Natural History, Parks, Washington
Portage Head is a prominent headland south of Cape Flattery on the Olympic Peninsula that separates Makah Bay Beach from Shi Shi Beach, about 58 miles (94 km) west-northwest of Port Angeles and 6 miles (10 km) southwest of Neah Bay, Washington. The headland is on the...
by CoastView | Mar 14, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Shipwrecks, Washington
Tongue Point is a rocky ledge in the Strait of Juan de Fuca that projects from a peninsula forming the eastern shore of Crescent Bay on the north coast of the Olympic Peninsula and the site of a historical port and shipwreck, about 44 miles (71 km) east-southeast of...
by CoastView | Mar 11, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Land Use, Natural History, Washington
Toke Point is at the end of Tokeland Spit that projects southeast for 3 miles (5 km) from the northern shore of Willapa Bay, a large estuary formed by several streams, the largest being Willapa River, about 55 miles (89 km) southwest of Olympia and 15 miles (24 km)...
by CoastView | Mar 8, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers, Washington
Hoh River starts from the terminus of the Hoh Glacier at an elevation of roughly 4,200 feet (1,280 m) on the northeast flank of Mount Olympus in Olympic National Park and flows generally west-southwest for 56 miles (90 km) draining a watershed of 191,360 acres (77,441...
by CoastView | Feb 24, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Headlands, Land Use, Lighthouses, Parks, Washington
Browns Point is a conspicuous landmark in Puget Sound located at the southern end of East Passage and at the entrance to Commencement Bay, about 21 miles (34 km) south-southwest of Seattle and 4 miles (6.5 km) north of Tacoma, Washington. In May 1841, the U.S....
