Category: USA
WITHOUT INTERVENTION, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COULD LOSE A MAJORITY OF ITS BEACHES BY 2100 As cities across the southeastern United States piece themselves back together following a season of major …
Admiralty Island, Alaska, Usa From the Canadian Yukon we head almost five hundred miles south to the Alexander Archipelago, the mass of islands and islets that comprise the narrow …
The center of the New York Harbor was in the docks of the South Street Seaport. The base of overseas trade which made the city seems so big. We’re …
What’s Best: A large marsh, where the confluence of two creeks makes for one of Marin’s best places to explore wetland ecology. Parking: From just north of San Rafael …
What’s Best: Quick access from central Marin to a dramatic beach, and hikes up to the high, open ridges on either side of this narrow coastal valley. With a …
What’s Best: Remote Marin vistas from 1,500-foot-high ridge tops with peculiar geology and trees; or a white-water creek, deep in a conifer forest reminiscent of the Pacific Northwest. Parking: …
What’s Best: A long contour road along the top of a lush, forested canyon; or trails to vistas from the green shoulders of Tamalpais. Parking: From Hwy. 101, take …
What’s Best: Several beaches, a peak to view the entire Bay Area, and 738 forested acres an island home to wildlife, and the site for dozens of historical buildings …
