by CoastView | Oct 18, 2024 | 2024, Beaches, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Lighthouses, October 2024, Washington
Dofflemyer Point is located in the community of Boston Harbor, on the eastern shore of South Puget Sound, and defines the entrance to Budd Inlet, about 23 miles (37 km) west-southwest of Tacoma and 7 miles (11 km) north of Olympia, Washington. Olympia was founded in...
by CoastView | Sep 15, 2024 | 2024, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Washington
Skull Island is about 0.13 miles (0.2 km) long with an area of 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) situated at the head of Massacre Bay in West Sound, a large embayment on the southern shore of Orcas Island, about 25 miles (40 km) west-southwest of Bellingham and 8.5 miles (14 km)...
by CoastView | May 26, 2024 | 2024, Coastal Features, Communities, Embayments, Natural History, Washington
Oysterville is located in Willapa Bay on the Long Beach Peninsula, about 28 miles (45 km) north-northwest of Astoria and 17 miles (27 km) southwest of Raymond, Washington. The Long Beach Peninsula is a sand spit that separates Willapa Bay from the Pacific Ocean and is...
by CoastView | May 15, 2024 | 2024, Best of 2021, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Washington
Point Grenville is a headland with cliffs 120 feet (37 m) high, located on the Quinault Nation lands about 5.6 miles (9 km) north of Moclips and 3 miles (5 km) south-southeast of Taholah, Washington. On July 12, 1775, Bruno de Heceta, Juan Perez Hernández, and others...
by CoastView | Apr 20, 2024 | 2024, Coastal Features, Developments, Land Use, Lighthouses, Natural History, Parks, Rivers, Washington
Cape Disappointment is a prominent headland and navigational landmark with a historic lighthouse on the north side of the Columbia River, 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Astoria, and 2.2 miles (3.5 km) south of Ilwaco, Washington. The cape was named in 1788 by British...
by CoastView | Apr 18, 2024 | 2024, Coastal Features, Headlands, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Shipwrecks, Washington
Teahwhit Head is a rocky headland with a natural sea arch and the site of a historical shipwreck on the coast of Olympic National Park in the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, about 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Forks and 2.8 miles (4.5 km) south-southeast of...
