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Short Beach (Oregon) / 45.475°N 123.96722°W / 45.475; -123.96722. Short Beach is a 1,000-meter stretch of beach on the northern Oregon Coast in the United States. [1] Locals guess that both the beach and the creek that runs onto it—Short Creek, several miles in length—were named after an early resident of the area. [citation needed]
Oswald West State Park is part of the state park system of the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located about 10 miles (16 km) south of the city of Cannon Beach, adjacent to Arch Cape, on the Pacific Ocean. The park covers 2,448 acres (9.91 km 2 ), with many miles of hiking trails both inside the park grounds and linking to other parks and landmarks ...
Longshore drift from longshore current is a geological process that consists of the transportation of sediments (clay, silt, pebbles, sand, shingle, shells) along a coast parallel to the shoreline, which is dependent on the angle of incoming wave direction. Oblique incoming wind squeezes water along the coast, and so generates a water current ...
The ship is buried under Short Sands Beach and resurfaces when weather events cause powerful tides to draw sand from the shore. Visitors to York Short Sands Beach in Maine can catch a glimpse of a ...
Oregon. County. Clatsop. Sand Island is an island in Baker Bay in the mouth of the Columbia River, located in Clatsop County, Oregon. It is situated north of Fort Stevens State Park and the Clatsop Spit, east of Cape Disappointment, and just south of Ilwaco, Washington. Sand Island is also the northernmost point in the state of Oregon.
List of beaches in Oregon enumerates all landmarks designated as a beach in the U.S. state of Oregon. Cannon Beach facing south, with Haystack Rock on the right Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach South view of Moolack Beach .
Lost Coast. / 40.4401; -124.4095. The Lost Coast is a mostly natural and undeveloped area of the California North Coast in Humboldt and Mendocino Counties, which includes the King Range. It was named the "Lost Coast" after the area experienced depopulation in the 1930s. [ 1] In addition, the steepness and related geotechnical challenges of the ...
The Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area is located on the Oregon Coast, stretching approximately 40 miles (64 km) north of the Coos River in North Bend to the Siuslaw River in Florence, and adjoining Honeyman State Park on the west. It is part of Siuslaw National Forest and is administered by the United States Forest Service.