by CoastView | Mar 29, 2022 | 2022, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers, Washington
Hoquiam River drains a watershed of 62,720 acres (25,382 ha) with three principal tributaries that merge into a single channel that trends generally south for 2.5 miles (4 km) to the confluence with the Chehalis River at the head of Grays Harbor between the...
by CoastView | Mar 10, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers, Washington
Pysht River originates near Ellis Mountain on the Olympic Peninsula and flows generally northeast for 16 miles (26 km), draining a watershed of 29,632 acres (11,992 ha), to the Strait of Juan de Fuca at Pillar Point, about 31 miles (50 km) west-northwest of Port...
by CoastView | Feb 14, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Washington
Ozette is a historical Makah village situated at Cape Alava, the westernmost point of the Olympic Peninsula, about 19 miles (31 km) north-northwest of La Push and 15 miles (24 km) south-southwest of Neah Bay, Washington. Cape Alava was named for José Manuel de Álava...
by CoastView | Feb 8, 2022 | 2022, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Parks, Washington
Friday Harbor is a community at the head of a protected embayment on the eastern coast of San Juan Island, the second-largest island after Orcas Island and most populous in the San Juan archipelago, about 18 miles (29 km) northeast of Victoria and 18 miles (29 km)...
by CoastView | Feb 2, 2022 | 2022, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Glaciers, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Washington
Grapeview is a community that includes Allyn, Stretch Island, and Reach Island located on the western shore at the head of Case Inlet in South Puget Sound, about 19 miles (31 km) west-northwest of Tacoma and 16 miles (26 km) northeast of Shelton, Washington. Grapeview...
by CoastView | Jan 27, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Best of 2022, Biodiversity, Canneries, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Historical, Land Use, Parks, Washington
Kalaloch is a resort area and ranger station on the west coast of the Olympic Peninsula at the mouth of Kalaloch Creek in Olympic National Park, about 24 miles (39 km) southeast of La Push and 19 miles (31 km) north-northwest of Taholah, Washington. The sandy beach at...
