by CoastView | Jun 20, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Coastal Features, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History, Parks, Washington
Point No Point is a sand spit on the northern end of the Kitsap Peninsula, between Norwegian Point to the northwest and Pilot Point to the southeast, near the southern end of Admiralty Inlet that connects the Salish Sea with Puget Sound, about 8 miles (13 km) north of...
by CoastView | Jun 6, 2022 | 2022, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Parks, Rivers, Washington
Fort Columbia is a historical military facility situated on Chinook Paint, that defended the entrance to the Columbia River from 1896 to 1947 and is now a state park, about 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Ilwaco and 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Astoria, Oregon. Chinook...
by CoastView | May 30, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, Washington
Westport is a community located on Point Chehalis, a peninsula between South Bay and the Pacific Ocean that partially encloses Grays Harbor from the south, about 53 miles (85 km) north-northwest of Astoria and 15 miles (24 km) west-southwest of Aberdeen, Washington....
by CoastView | May 23, 2022 | 2022, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers, Washington
Blyn is a small community located where Jimmycomelately Creek flows into Sequim Bay on the northern coast of the Olympic Peninsula, about 13 miles (21 km) southwest of Port Townsend and 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Sequim, Washington. Blyn was founded in 1891 by...
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 | Apr 25, 2022 | 2022, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Parks, Rivers, Washington
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 Pacific Ocean, about 9 miles (15 km) southeast of Ilwaco, Washington and 4.5 miles (7 km)...
