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Bodfish Island, Simpson Lagoon

Bodfish Island is part of the Jones Island barrier chain between Cottle Island to the east and Bertoncini Island to the west, separating Simpson Lagoon from the Beaufort Sea, about 178 miles (286 km) southeast of Utqiagvik and 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Deadhorse, Alaska.

Kirby Cove, Marin Headlands

Kirby Cove is an embayment in the Marin Headlands on the northern shore of the Golden Gate in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and the site of a historic military installation, about 5.5 miles (9 km) northwest of downtown San Francisco and 2.3 miles (4 km) south of Sausalito, California.

Kasilof River, Kenai Peninsula

Kasilof River starts at the outlet of Tustumena Lake on the Kenai Peninsula and flows generally northwest for 17 miles (27 km) through the Kenai Lowland to Cook Inlet, draining a watershed of 93,275 acres (37,747 ha), about 51 miles (82 km) north-northeast of Homer and 13 miles (21 km) south-southwest of Kenai, Alaska.

Lone Ranch Beach, Cape Ferrelo

Lone Ranch Beach is a sand and gravel deposit at Cape Ferrelo situated between Lone Ranch Creek to the north and Ram Creek to the south in Samuel H. Boardman State Scenic Corridor, about 22 miles (35 km) south of Gold Beach and 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Brookings, Oregon.

Tongue Point, Crescent Bay

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 Neah Bay and 13 miles (21 km) west-northwest of Port Angeles, Washington.

Gilman Glacier, Johns Hopkins Inlet

Gilman Glacier starts at an elevation of roughly 6,000 feet (1,828 m)in the Fairweather Range of the Saint Elias Mountains and flows generally northwest for 7.5 miles (12 km) to Johns Hopkins Inlet in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, about 105 miles (169 km) southeast of Yakutat and 58 miles (93 km) northwest of Gustavus, Alaska.

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Point of the Arches, Olympic National Park

Point of the Arches and the adjacent Shi Shi Beach represent a unique section of shoreline located at the edge of the Olympic National Park.

Soquel Creek, Capitola

Soquel Creek runs through Capitola, a community adjacent to Santa Cruz on the north coast of Monterey Bay, about 75 miles (120 km) south of San Francisco and 26 miles (42 km) north of Monterey, California.

Kalaloch, Olympic National Park

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.

Dawes Glacier, Endicott Arm

Dawes Glacier starts near the Alaska-Canada boundary and flows northwest for 20 miles (32 km) to tidewater in Endicott Arm, about 100 miles (161 km) northeast of Sitka and 80 miles (129 km) southeast of Juneau, Alaska.

Ankau Saltchucks, Phipps Peninsula

Ankau Saltchucks are a series of interconnected tidal lagoons forming a complex estuary about 1.2 miles (1.9 km) across on the northwestern end of the Phipps Peninsula at the entrance to Yakutat Bay and the west shore of Monti Bay, about 215 miles (346 km) southeast of Cordova and 3.6 miles (6 km) west-southwest of Yakutat, Alaska.

Pistol River, Pistol River State Scenic Viewpoint

Pistol River starts at an elevation of 3,179 feet (970 m) on the southern flank of Sugarloaf Mountain and drains a watershed of 67,200 acres (27,195 ha) in the Siskiyou National Forest while flowing generally southwest for 21 miles (34 km) to the Pacific Ocean near the community of Pistol River, about 17 miles (27 km) north-northwest of Brookings and 10 miles (16 km) south of Gold Beach, Oregon.

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