Fog Coast · Field Notes

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Acadia

Mount Desert Island · Maine, USA 8 sites

On a clear day the granite summits of these mountains stand open to the sky, pink rock scraped clean and dry.
Also seen through Marine
Big Sur

Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park · California, USA 8 sites

On a warm summer afternoon, a valley or two inland, the hills go gold and dry.
Also seen through Rivers & Canyons
Cape Flattery

Cape Flattery · Washington, USA 6 sites

Stand at the railing where the boardwalk ends and the continent simply stops — cliffs on three sides, open water beyond, an island and its lighthouse…
Cape Perpetua

Cape Perpetua North Marine Protected Area · Oregon, USA 5 sites

Cape Perpetua is a coast of motion held in one place.
Also seen through Rivers & Canyons
Hạ Long Bay

Hạ Long Bay · Quảng Ninh, Vietnam 7 sites

From offshore, Hạ Long Bay looks less like a coastline than a drowned mountain range: thousands of limestone towers standing shoulder to shoulder in g…
Killarney

Killarney · Kerry, Ireland 6 sites

Walk into Killarney's woods in the dead of winter and the canopy is still green.
Lofoten

Lofoten · Nordland, Norway 7 sites

Fly a straight line north from Lofoten and you are well inside the Arctic before you reach anywhere colder.
Madeira

Madeira · Madeira, Portugal 8 sites

Stand on the south coast of Madeira on a clear afternoon and the island looks almost dry — bare volcanic rock, terraced slopes, a blue sky with no obv…
Point Lobos

Point Lobos State Natural Reserve · California, USA 7 sites

Some mornings the horizon simply disappears at Point Lobos.
Also seen through Marine
Point Reyes

Point Reyes National Seashore · California, USA 5 sites

At Point Reyes, the ocean reaches inland before the water does.
Redwood

Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park · California, USA 5 sites

The rain here quits in summer, and the forest never seems to notice.
Reykjanes

Reykjanesskagi · Iceland 7 sites

Reykjanes offers almost no shelter.
Also seen through Volcanic
The Faroe Islands

The Faroe Islands · Faroe Islands 8 sites

Tórshavn holds a record no city wants to claim: the fewest recorded hours of sunshine of any city in the world.
The Isle of Skye

The Isle of Skye · Highland, Scotland 8 sites

Nowhere on Skye is very far from the sea.
The Mendocino Coast

Mendocino Headlands State Park · California, USA 5 sites

The greenest season on this coast can arrive without a drop of rain.
The Monterey Peninsula

Pacific Grove · California, USA 5 sites

The Monterey Peninsula is a coast of close attention.
Also seen through Marine
The Olympic Coast

Olympic National Park · Washington, USA 8 sites

Stand on this coast on a summer morning and you can watch the land drink.
Also seen through Marine
The Oregon Dunes

Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area · Oregon, USA 5 sites

The Oregon Dunes are a coast caught between wind and water.
The San Juan Islands

Friday Harbor · Washington, USA 5 sites

Stand almost anywhere on these islands and you are never far from salt water.
Also seen through Marine