Heceta Head Lighthouse, 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. The post Heceta Head Lighthouse, Heceta Head appeared first on CoastView.

CoastView • Oregon

5 December 2022

Garibaldi, Tillamook Bay

Coast Guard Station Tillamook Bay is an active duty U.S. Coast Guard facility located in Garibaldi on Tillamook Bay, 7.5 miles (12 km) northwest of the community of Tillamook, Oregon. The post Garibaldi, Tillamook Bay appeared first on CoastView.

CoastView • Oregon

28 November 2022

Salishan Spit, Lincoln City

Salishan Spit separates the Pacific Ocean from Siletz Bay and is located 2.5 miles (4 km) south of Lincoln City and 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Gleneden Beach, Oregon. The post Salishan Spit, Lincoln City appeared first on CoastView.

CoastView • Oregon

21 November 2022

Nesika Beach, Geisel Monument

Nesika Beach is a community located at the south end of the Nesika strand, about 6 miles (10 km) north of Gold Beach and 4 miles (6 km) south-southeast of Ophir, Oregon. The post Nesika Beach, Geisel Monument appeared first on CoastView.

CoastView • Oregon

14 November 2022

Hubbard Mound, Otter Point

The Hubbard Mound is a coastal headland and the location of a historical beach placer mining prospect near the community of Nesika Beach, 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Otter Point and about 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Gold Beach, Oregon. The post Hubbard Mound, Otter Point appeared first on CoastView.

CoastView • Oregon

7 November 2022

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. The post Pistol River, Pistol River State Scenic Viewpoint appeared first on CoastView.

CoastView • Oregon

1 November 2022

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) to the Pacific Ocean, about 60 miles (96 km) southwest of Aberdeen and 5 miles (8 km) south of Kalaloch, Washington. The post Queets River, Olympic National Park appeared first on CoastView.

CoastView • Washington

25 October 2022

Cutts Island, Carr Inlet

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 Puget Sound, about 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Tacoma, and 5 miles (8 km) west of Gig Harbor, Washington. The post Cutts Island, Carr Inlet appeared first on CoastView.

CoastView • Washington

18 October 2022

Friday Harbor Laboratories, San Juan Island

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 of Anacortes, Washington. The post Friday Harbor Laboratories, San Juan Island appeared first on CoastView.

CoastView • Washington

11 October 2022

Anacortes Ferry Terminal, Guemes Channel

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. The post Anacortes Ferry Terminal, Guemes Channel appeared first on CoastView.

CoastView • Washington

4 October 2022

Leque Island, South Pass Stillaguamish River

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 post Leque Island, South Pass Stillaguamish River appeared first on CoastView.

CoastView • Washington

28 September 2022

Hobbit Beach, Heceta Head

Hobbit Beach is a secluded strand located just north of Heceta Head, about 13 miles (21 km) north of Florence and 12.5 miles (20 km) south of Yachats, Oregon. The post Hobbit Beach, Heceta Head appeared first on CoastView.

CoastView • Oregon

21 September 2022

Ophir, Euchre Creek

Ophir is a small community on Euchre Creek in Curry County, about 0.5 miles (0.8 km) upstream from the Pacific Ocean, and 4 miles (6.5 km) northeast of the community of Nesika Beach, Oregon. The post Ophir, Euchre Creek appeared first on CoastView.

CoastView • Oregon

14 September 2022

Taholah, Quinault River

Taholah is a community located at the mouth of the Quinault River on lands of the Quinault Indian Nation, about 9 miles (14 km) north of Moclips and 41 miles (66 km) north of Hoquiam on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington. The post Taholah, Quinault River appeared first on CoastView.

CoastView • Washington

7 September 2022

Ecola Creek, Cannon Beach

Ecola Creek enters the Pacific Ocean at the northern edge of Cannon Beach, a small resort community about 30 miles (48 km) north of Tillamook and 8 miles (12 km) south of Seaside, Oregon. The post Ecola Creek, Cannon Beach appeared first on CoastView.

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31 August 2022

Tunnel Island, Raft River

The Raft River is a stream located entirely within the Quinault Indian Reservation and flows into the Pacific Ocean at a sea stack called Tunnel Island on the Olympic Peninsula, about 9 miles (15 km) north of Taholah, Washington. The post Tunnel Island, Raft River appeared first on CoastView.

CoastView • Washington

24 August 2022

Wa’atch River, Makah Bay

Wa'atch River starts at an elevation of about 1,480 feet (451 m) on the eastern flank of Makah Peaks and flows generally north for 5 miles (8 km) through the Makah Indian Reservation on the Olympic Peninsula to the confluence of Educket Creek and then generally west-southwest for about 4.5 miles (7 km) to Makah Bay, about 20 miles (32 km) west-northwest of Clallam Bay and 3.3 miles (5.3 km) southwest of Neah Bay, Washington. The post Wa’atch River, Makah Bay appeared first on CoastView.

CoastView • Washington

8 August 2022

Joe Creek, Pacific Beach

Pacific Beach is a community situated at the mouth of Joe Creek, where the estuary is a strongly stratified lagoon with freshwater overlying saline water caused by a shallow sill that restricts circulation, about 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Hoquiam and 11 miles (18 km) south of Moclips, Washington. The post Joe Creek, Pacific Beach appeared first on CoastView.

CoastView • Washington

1 August 2022

Beaver Creek, Ona Beach

Beaver Creek starts at an elevation of about 1,400 feet (427 m) in the Oregon Coast Range and flows generally west for 16 miles (26 km) draining a watershed of 32,500 acres (13, 152 ha) and enters the Pacific Ocean at Ona Beach, about 9 miles (14.5 km) south of Newport and 7 miles (11.3 km) north of Waldport, Oregon. The post Beaver Creek, Ona Beach appeared first on CoastView.

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25 July 2022

Allyn, Case Inlet

Allyn is a community at the mouth of Sherwood Creek on the western shore of Case Inlet in the North Bay region of South Puget Sound, about 21 miles (34 km) northwest of Tacoma and 17 miles (27 km) northeast of Shelton, Washington. The post Allyn, Case Inlet appeared first on CoastView.

CoastView • Washington

4 July 2022