by CoastView | Dec 26, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Best of 2022, Coastal Features, Communities, Historical, Land Use, Parks, Shipwrecks, Washington
Minter is a community on the northwestern shore of Henderson Bay, at the head of Carr Inlet in South Puget Sound, about 24 miles (39 km) southwest of Seattle and 5.5 miles (9 km) northwest of Gig Harbor, Washington. In 1792, this area was first explored by Lieutenant...
by CoastView | Oct 25, 2022 | 2022, Beaches, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Communities, Historical, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Rivers, Washington
Queets River originates from a group of cirque basins at an elevation of about 5,000 feet (1500 m) on the south flank of the Olympic Mountains, with tributaries emanating from the Humes Glacier to the north and the Queets Glacier to the south, and drains a watershed...
by CoastView | Oct 18, 2022 | 2022, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Washington
Cutts Island is a state park about 300 feet (91 m) wide and 600 feet (183 m) long, with a distinctive sand spit extending 2,000 feet (610 m) north that nearly reaches Raft Island, and is situated about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) off the eastern shore of Carr Inlet in South...
by CoastView | Oct 11, 2022 | 2022, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Parks, Washington
Friday Harbor Laboratories is a marine biology field station of the University of Washington situated on the northern shore of Friday Harbor, an embayment on the eastern coast of San Juan Island, about 72 miles (116 km) northwest of Seattle and 18 miles (29 km) west...
by CoastView | Oct 4, 2022 | 2022, Coastal Features, Communities, Developments, Embayments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Parks, Washington
Anacortes ferry terminal is located at Ship Harbor, an embayment on the northwestern shore of Fidalgo Island and the southern shore of Guemes Channel, about 85 miles (137 km) north of Seattle and 3.7 miles (6 km) west of the community of Anacortes, Washington. In...
by CoastView | Sep 28, 2022 | 2022, Biodiversity, Coastal Features, Developments, Historical, Islands, Land Use, Natural History, Rivers, Washington
Leque Island is located at the mouth of the Stillaguamish River on South Pass channel that separates Camano Island from the mainland, about 43 miles (69 km) north of Seattle and 0.6 miles (1 km) southwest of Stanwood, Washington. The island is named after Nels P....
