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Arroyo de Los Frijoles, Bean Hollow State Beach
Arroyo de Los Frijoles Beach and Pebble Beach are in Bean Hollow State Park, located 17.5 miles (28.2 km) south of Half Moon Bay and 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Pescadero, California.
Eastland Creek, Kachemak Bay
Eastland Creek is a stream on the Kenai Peninsula that flows south for 3 miles (5 km) to Kachemak Bay, about 16 miles (26 km) northeast of Homer, Alaska.
Indian Valley, Turnagain Arm
Indian is an Alaska Railroad siding and small community located on the northern shore of Turnagain Arm, on the Seward Highway, 21 miles (34 km) southeast of Anchorage, 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.
Mermaid Island, Neptune Bay
Mermaid Island is situated on a tidal flat called McKeon Flats formed by the Wosnesenski River as it flows into Neptune Bay, a bight about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) wide on the southeastern shore of Kachemak Bay on the Kenai Peninsula, about 13 miles (21 km) northeast of Seldovia and 8 miles (13 km) south-southeast of Homer, Alaska.
Sahlin Falls, Sheep Bay
Sahlin Falls is at the base of Sahlin Creek that starts from a cirque glacier at an elevation of about 2,800 feet (850 m) and cascades south for 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to Sahlin Lake at an elevation of 720 feet (219 m), and then southeast for 1.2 miles (2 km) to the northern shore of Sheep Bay, about 33 miles (53 km) southeast of Valdez and 13 miles (21 km) northwest of Cordova, Alaska.
Cottoneva Creek, Rockport Bay
Cottoneva Creek starts at an elevation of about 1,300 feet (400 m) in the Coast Range and flows generally south-southwest for 7 miles (11 km) to Rockport Bay, a property owned by the Mendocino Redwood Company just south of Sinkyone Wilderness State Park, about 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Leggett and 7 miles (11 km) north-northwest of Westport, California.
Rainbow Valley, Turnagain Arm
Rainbow Valley is a watershed between Rainbow Peak to the west and Indianhouse Mountain to the east, drained by Rainbow Creek that starts from snowfields at an elevation of 5,000 feet (1,526 m) on the southern flank of Suicide Peak and flows southwest for 3 miles (4.8 km) to the northern shore of Turnagain Arm, about 17 miles (27 km) south-southeast of Anchorage and 17 miles (27 km) west-northwest of Girdwood, Alaska.
Queets River, Olympic National Park
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 of 130,559 acres (52,836 ha) while flowing about 53 miles (85 km) through Olympic National Park to the Pacific Ocean, about 60 miles (96 km) southwest of Aberdeen and 5 miles (8 km) south of Kalaloch, Washington.
Whitman Creek, Revillagigedo Island
Whitman Creek starts from Blue Lake at an elevation of about 2,660 feet (811 m) on the south flank of Roy Jones Mountain on the southeast coast of Revillagigedo Island and flows generally southeast for 2.4 miles (4 km) to Whitman Lake, and then another 0.7 miles (1.1 km) to George Inlet, about 14 miles (23 km) north of Metlakatla and 7 miles (11 km) east-southeast of Ketchikan, Alaska.
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