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Estevan Point, Hesquiat Peninsula

Estevan Point is the site of a historic lighthouse at the end of the Hesquiat Peninsula which forms the southern entrance to Nootka Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island, about 35 miles (56 km) southwest of Gold River and 33 miles (53 km) northwest of Tofino, British Columbia.

Langara Island, Haida Gwaii

Langara is the northernmost island of the Haida Gwaii archipelago and the site of a historic light station that marks the southern boundary of Dixon Entrance, about 94 miles (151 km) southwest of Ketchikan, Alaska and 38 miles (61 km) west-northwest of Masset, British Columbia.

Point Piedras Blancas, San Simeon

Point Piedras Blancas is a prominent headland and the site of a historic light station within the California Coastal National Monument, and surrounded by the Hearst San Simeon State Park, about 73 miles (117 km) south-southeast of Monterey and 6 miles (10 km) west-northwest of San Simeon, California.

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Point No Point, Admiralty Inlet

Point No Point, Admiralty Inlet

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 Kingston and 1.3 miles (2.1 km) southeast of Hansville, Washington.

Shelter Cove, Point Delgada

Shelter Cove, Point Delgada

Shelter Cove is an isolated community on Point Delgada on the Lost Coast between Deadman Gulch to the south and Telegraph Creek to the north, about 54 miles (87 km) south of Eureka and 43 miles (69 km) north-northwest of Fort Bragg, California.

Westport, Point Chehalis

Westport, Point Chehalis

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.

Point Diablo, Marin Headlands

Point Diablo, Marin Headlands

Point Diablo extends about 600 feet (183 m) south from the Marin Headlands roughly midway between Point Bonita to the west and Lime Point to the east, about 6 miles (10 km) northwest of San Francisco and 2.7 miles (4 km) south-southwest of Sausalito, California.

Umpqua River, Winchester Bay

Umpqua River, Winchester Bay

Umpqua River flows generally west-northwest for 111 miles (179 km), draining a watershed of 2.4 million acres (1 million ha), from the Cascade Mountains through the Coast Range to Winchester Bay in the Oregon Dunes, about 20 miles (32 km) north of Coos Bay and 5.5 miles (9 km) southwest of Reedsport, Oregon.

Coquille River, Bandon

Coquille River, Bandon

Coquille River drains a mountainous watershed of about 6.8 million acres (2.7 million ha) with at least 26 named tributaries and flows for about 36 miles (58 km) from the confluence of the North Fork and South Fork to the Pacific Ocean at Bandon, about 26 miles (42 km) north of Port Orford and 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Coos Bay, Oregon.

Lighthouse Point Park, Point Santa Cruz

Lighthouse Point Park, Point Santa Cruz

Lighthouse Point Park is located on Point Santa Cruz, adjacent to Lighthouse Field State Beach at the northern boundary of Monterey Bay, about 25 miles (40 km) north-northwest of Monterey and in Santa Cruz, California.

Table Bluff, Humboldt Bay

Table Bluff, Humboldt Bay

Table Bluff is a promontory and coastal plateau less than 1 mile (1.6 km) wide, with an elevation of 163 feet (50 m), at the base of South Spit, which encloses the southern portion of Humboldt Bay, about 9 miles (15 km) southwest of Eureka and 4.5 miles (7 km) northwest of Loleta, California.

Valencia Bluffs, West Coast Trail

Valencia Bluffs, West Coast Trail

Valencia Bluffs are sea cliffs along the West Coast Trail in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve on Vancouver Island’s southwest shore, about 29 miles (47 km) northwest of Port Renfrew and 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Bamfield, British Columbia.

Point Wilson Light Station, Fort Worden

Point Wilson Light Station, Fort Worden

Point Wilson is the site of a historic light station on the grounds of former Fort Worden, situated on a low, broad sand spit that extends northeast for 1.5 miles (0.8 km) from the northern end of the Quimper Peninsula into Admiralty Inlet, about 31 miles (50 km) east of Port Angeles and 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Port Townsend, Washington.

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