Gardiner, Smith River

Gardiner is a community near the confluence of the Smith River and the Umpqua River, about 6.5 miles (10.5 km) northeast of the mouth of the Umpqua River and 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Reedsport,...

CoastView • Oregon

30 June 2020

Siuslaw River, Florence

The Siuslaw River enters the Pacific Ocean about 53 miles (85 km) west of Eugene and 3 miles (5 km) northwest of Florence, Oregon.

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23 June 2020

Siltcoos River, Oregon Coastal Dunes

The Siltcoos River is a stream only 3 miles (4.8 km) long that begins at Siltcoos Lake and meanders generally west to the Pacific Ocean, about 8 miles (13 km) south of Florence and 13 miles (21 km)...

CoastView • Oregon

16 June 2020

North Head Light, Ilwaco

North Head Lighthouse is an active aid to navigation overlooking the Pacific Ocean from a rocky promontory located north of Cape Disappointment and the mouth of the Columbia River, approximately 14...

CoastView • Washington

9 June 2020

Point Roberts, Strait of Georgia

Point Roberts is a pene-exclave of the United States on the southernmost tip of the Tsawwassen Peninsula, 21 miles (34 km) south of Vancouver, British Columbia 32 miles (52 km) northwest of...

CoastView • Washington

2 June 2020

Necanicum River, Seaside

Necanicum River is approximately 21 miles (34 km) long, drains a forested watershed of 84 square miles (21,756 ha), and forms the first estuary south of the Columbia River about 70 miles (113 km)...

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26 May 2020

Fort Stevens, Hammond

Fort Stevens was constructed in 1863-64 during the American Civil War as an earthwork battery on the south shore of the mouth of the Columbia River, about 15 miles (24 km) north of Seaside and 6.4...

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19 May 2020

Dungeness Bay, Strait of Juan de Fuca

Dungeness Bay is formed by the Dungeness Spit in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, on the northern coast of the Olympic Peninsula, and 14 miles (23 km) northeast of Port Angeles and 6 miles (10 km)...

CoastView • Washington

12 May 2020

Lily Point, Point Roberts

Lily Point Marine Reserve is a park located within the southeastern portion of Point Roberts, about 22 miles (35 km) south-southeast of Vancouver and 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Bellingham,...

CoastView • Washington

5 May 2020

Yaquina Bay Light, Newport

Yaquina Bay Light is located on the north shore of the entrance to Yaquina Bay, about 40 miles (65 km) west of Corvallis and 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of Newport, Oregon.

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28 April 2020

Peter Iredale, Clatsop Spit

Peter Iredale was a four-masted steel sailing ship with a length of 275 feet (84 m) that ran ashore on Clatsop Spit about 4 miles (6 km) south of the Columbia River entrance, 7 miles (11 km) west...

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21 April 2020

Winchuk River, Crissey Field

Crissey Field is a state park, administrated by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, that starts on the southern shore of the Winchuk River and extends to the California state border, 17...

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14 April 2020

Lime Kiln Light, San Juan Island

The Lime Kiln Light was established in 1914 overlooking Dead Man's Bay and Haro Strait on the west coast of San Juan Island, about 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Victoria and 6.4 miles (10 km)...

CoastView • Washington

7 April 2020

Clatsop Spit, Columbia River Bar

The Columbia River Bar lies between the Peacock Spit in Washington State and the Clatsop Spit, about 82 miles (132 km) northwest of Portland and 9 miles (15 km) northwest of Astoria, Oregon.

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31 March 2020

New Carissa, North Spit

The New Carissa was a freighter 639 feet (195 m) in length that grounded on North Spit in 1999, causing an oil spill about 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Coos Bay and 4 miles (6.5 km) west of the...

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24 March 2020

Destruction Island, Quillayute Needles National Wildlife Refuge

Destruction Island is part of the Quillayute Needles National Wildlife Refuge and is located 3.5 miles (6 km) offshore, about 56 miles (90 km) southwest of Port Angeles and 17 miles (27 km)...

CoastView • Washington

17 March 2020

Cape Disappointment Light, Columbia River

Cape Disappointment is a prominent headland and landmark 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.

CoastView • Washington

10 March 2020

Coquille River Estuary, Bandon

The Coquille River is a stream, about 36 miles (58 km) long, that enters the Pacific about 20 miles (32 km) north of Cape Blanco at Bandon, Oregon.

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3 March 2020

Doe Bay, Orcas Island

Doe Bay is a small community on the southeastern shore of Orcas Island in the San Juan Islands of Puget Sound, about 7 miles (11.3 km) by road from the community of Eastsound, and 3 miles (4.8 km)...

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25 February 2020

Oysterville, Willapa Bay

Oysterville is located on the Long Beach Peninsula in Willapa Bay, 28 miles (45 km) north-northwest of Astoria and 17 miles (27 km) southwest of Raymond, Washington.

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18 February 2020

Minter, Henderson Bay

Minter is a community on the northwestern shore of Hendersen Bay, at the head of Carr Inlet in Southern Puget Sound, about 24 miles (39 km) southwest of Seattle and 5.5 miles (9 km) northwest of...

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11 February 2020

Blowholes, Depoe Bay

Depoe Bay is a community located on a small natural embayment with the same name, 11 miles (18 km) south-southwest of Lincoln City and 12 miles (19 km) north of Newport, Oregon.

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4 February 2020

Bayocean, Tillamook Bay

Bayocean was a planned resort community founded in 1906 on a sand spit 4 miles, (6.5 km) long and 0.5 miles (0.8 km) wide, that separates Tillamook Bay from the Pacific Ocean, about 63 miles (102...

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28 January 2020

Heceta Head Light, Heceta Head

Heceta Head Lighthouse is at an elevation of 205 feet (62 m), on the Heceta headland, 13 miles (21 km) north of Florence, and 13 miles (21 km) south of Yachats, Oregon.

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21 January 2020