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The coast, in every season
Coves, capes, harbours, and the beaches that empty out in January. Salt in the air on a tile.
273 places
above the Guadalete, in the Cádiz sierras
Arcos de la Frontera cliff-top town
— — a town that stops where the rock stops.
on the east shore of Block Island, above Old Harbor
Block Island Crescent Beach
— — the long curve the Atlantic left for the morning.
a mile off Boynton Beach, in the Gulf Stream's edge
Boynton Beach reef
— — wrecks the current keeps polishing.
on the platted lots of Cape Coral, southwest Florida
Burrowing owl Cape Coral
— — a sentry the size of a coffee cup.
on the Murcian coast south of La Manga, between Cartagena and Cabo de Palos
Calblanque coast wild beaches
— — a stretch of coast the resorts forgot to build on.
on the western shore of the Chesapeake, south of Prince Frederick
Calvert Cliffs fossil beach
— — the bay edge where the Miocene keeps washing up.
the easternmost point of mainland Spain, on the Catalan coast
Cap de Creus rocky cape
— — the stone the tramontana sculpted.
on the northernmost tip of Mallorca, where the Tramuntana runs out of land
Cap de Formentor cliffs
— — the cliff that finishes the island.
on the cape, inside the Space Force station
Cape Canaveral Lighthouse
— — a cast-iron tower that watched the rockets go.
on Florida's Space Coast, north of Cocoa Beach
Cape Canaveral night launch trail
— — the bright wake a rocket leaves on the dark.
on the Galician coast, where pilgrims used to walk until the land ran out
Cape Finisterre Atlantic cliffs
— — the end the Romans gave a name.
on the Forgotten Coast, between Apalachicola and Port St. Joe
Cape San Blas dune
— — a white dune the gulf keeps moving.
at the southern tip of the Mani, where the mainland ends
Cape Tainaron lighthouse
— — the last light before the open sea.
south of Monterey, where Ocean Avenue ends at the sand
Carmel Beach Sunset
— — the colour the cypresses hold last.
on the Atlantic coast of County Clare
Cliffs of Moher
— — a wall the Atlantic keeps editing.
south of Waterford, the slow road west
Copper Coast
— a coastline the colour of an old penny.
on the Newport Coast, between Corona del Mar and Laguna Beach
Crystal Cove
— the long light before the cottages turn on.
on the eastern flank of Pelion, above the Aegean
Damouchari fishing cove
— — the cove the mountain folds down to meet the sea.
on the Norman coast, two hours from Paris
Deauville Beach Umbrellas
— the colour the channel doesn't have.
on the Florida Panhandle, between Pensacola and Panama City
Destin emerald gulf beach
— — the green the Gulf turns when the sand is white enough.
on the Delmarva flatland east of Chesapeake Bay
Eastern Shore farm fields
— — the sky doing most of the work.
at the southwest corner of Crete
Elafonisi pink-sand beach
— — the colour the shells leave behind.
on the Alabaster Coast of Normandy
Etretat Pebble Beach
— the door the cliff opens for the sea.
across the Gulf of Corinth from Delphi, on a small peninsula in Phocis
Galaxidi harbor town
— — the harbour the captains came home to.
the spur of the Italian boot, on the Adriatic
Gargano Coast
— white stone, and the blue it falls into.
south of Carmel, where Highway 1 turns into Big Sur
Garrapata Coast
— the coast the fog keeps remembering.
on Italy's Ligurian coast, west of the Cinque Terre
Genoa Harbor
— — the lantern still burning at the harbour mouth.
on the southwest tip of the Mani peninsula, near the foot of the Peloponnese
Gerolimenas cove
— — a stone cove the road almost forgot.
on the Mendocino coast, north of Fort Bragg
Glass Beach Fort Bragg
— — polished glass where the dump used to be.
the last harbor town on Minnesota's North Shore
Grand Marais harbor
— — the small bay the lake keeps for itself.
on Florida's Emerald Coast, west of Seaside
Grayton Beach State Park
— the sand the gulf keeps clean.
at the east edge of Destin on Florida's Emerald Coast
Henderson Beach State Park Destin
— sugar sand and thirty-foot dunes.
at the end of the Spit, four miles out into Kachemak Bay
Homer Spit harbor
— — the harbour at the end of the road.
on the Basque coast, across the Bidasoa from France
Hondarribia colored harbor houses
— — the row that paints itself before the boats come in.
on the Atlantic side of Long Island's outer barrier beach
Jones Beach West End
— — the wide quiet end of a famous beach.
downtown Juneau, along Marine Way beneath Mount Roberts
Juneau cruise ship harbor
— — the harbor a mountain leans over.
on the Dodecanese island of Kalymnos, in the southeastern Aegean
Kalymnos sponge-diver harbor
— — a harbor that remembers what the sea cost.
on the southern California coast, north of San Diego
La Jolla Cove
— the green the kelp gives the water.
on the Nevada side of Lake Mead, just east of Boulder City
Lake Mead Boulder Beach
— — the old waterline, written on the rock.
on the Norman coast, where the Bresle meets the Channel
Le Treport Chalk Cliffs
— the chalk the Channel hasn't finished.
on the Gulf, west of Sarasota across the bay
Lido Beach Sarasota
— — the quiet beach across the causeway from St. Armands.
along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, two blocks back from the water
Long Beach Bay Avenue
— — a street the live oaks held when the wind didn't.
north of Mendocino, where Highway 1 turns inland
Lost Coast
— the coast the highway let go.
on the old harbour of Rhodes town
Mandraki harbor windmills
— — three stone windmills, and the wind that still finds them.
the largest of the Ten Thousand Islands, on Florida's southwest coast
Marco Island beach
— — the long pale curve where the Gulf goes quiet.
south of Grosseto, the last wild coast in Tuscany
Maremma Coast
— salt, pine, and a tower over an empty sea.
on the south coast of Menorca, in the Balearic Islands
Menorca Cala Macarella turquoise cove
— — turquoise the cliffs hold in.
on the south coast of Westerly
Misquamicut Beach
— — the long open sand the state leaves alone.
on the South County coast, an hour south of Providence
Narragansett Town Beach
— — the long flat hush of an Atlantic afternoon.
at the mouth of the Thames River, where it opens into Long Island Sound
New London Harbor Light
— — a brownstone tower older than the country it warns ships toward.
on Lake Michigan, just outside Saugatuck
Oval Beach Saugatuck
— — the sand that holds the day's warmth past dark.
on the Florida panhandle, west of Apalachicola
Panama City Beach
— — the green the Gulf turns when the sand is white enough.
on California's Monterey Peninsula, between Carmel-by-the-Sea and Pacific Grove
Pebble Beach
— — the wind keeps the cypress that shape.
on Santa Rosa Island, off the western Florida panhandle
Pensacola Beach Pier
— — a long walk over the green, then sky on three sides.
at the channel of Muskegon Lake on Lake Michigan
Pere Marquette Beach Muskegon
— — the red light at the end of the pier.
on the southeast coast of Santorini, under Mesa Vouno
Perissa black-sand beach
— the black the volcano kept.
on the Big Sur coast, twenty-seven miles south of Carmel
Pfeiffer Beach Keyhole Arch
— — the keyhole the winter sun finds.
in the Quercy, above the Alzou canyon
Rocamadour Cliff Sanctuary
— a village that climbed into the rock and stayed.
on the Côte d'Azur, between Marseille and Cannes
Saint-Tropez Harbour
— the light that pulled the painters south.
on the Nevada shore of Lake Tahoe, four miles south of Incline Village
Sand Harbor Lake Tahoe
— — granite and water that lets the bottom show through.
on the Gulf side of Sanibel, Florida
Sanibel Island shell beach
— — a beach the sea keeps adding to.
along Highway 30A in Florida's Walton County
Santa Rosa Beach 30A
— — sugar sand and a rare coastal lake.
on the Bay of Biscay, in Cantabria on Spain's northern coast
Santander El Sardinero beach promenade
— — the seaside the kings came north for.
on Lake Michigan, where the Kalamazoo River meets the lake
Saugatuck harbor
— — the harbour the painters keep coming back for.
on Seven Mile Island, at the southern end of the New Jersey shore
Stone Harbor Seven Mile Beach
— — the long flat hour before the tide turns.
on the Norman coast, the western end of the D-Day shore
Utah Beach
— the shore the world keeps walking back to.
in Normandy, on the long flat coast
Utah Beach
— a quiet shore that still holds its morning.
on the easternmost shore of Crete
Vai palm forest beach
— — a palm grove the sea remembers.
on the Mediterranean edge of Valencia, north of the port
Valencia Las Arenas beach promenade
— a wide flat beach the city walks to.
on the western edge of Los Angeles, where the boardwalk meets the sand
Venice Beach
— — the boardwalk where the city walks barefoot.
between Nice and Cap Ferrat, on the Côte d'Azur
Villefranche-sur-Mer Harbour
— the deepwater blue the village climbs above.
on the Malibu coast, west of Point Dume
El Matador Beach Malibu
— — the hour the light gets caught in the rock.
on the redwood coast, north of Orick
Gold Bluffs Beach
— the morning the elk come down to the sea.
off the mouth of the Mystic River, eastern Connecticut
Mason's Island Mystic cove
— — a cove the tide keeps to itself.
on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, west of Gulfport
Pass Christian harbor
— — the harbor the storm took, and the town built back.
on 30A in Walton County, between Seacrest and Alys Beach
Rosemary Beach Carillon
— — a small town built to be walked, by the Gulf.
Western Cape · South Africa
a Cape Peninsula summit
Western Cape · South Africa
a False Bay beach of white
New Jersey · United States
a Long Beach Island Surf City
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a long-tailed Cape sugarbird
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a secluded False Bay cove seen
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a whitewashed Cape Dutch
Arizona · United States
Ancestral Puebloan cliff granary
New Mexico · United States
Bandelier Long House cliff
New Mexico · United States
Bandelier National Monument cliff
Oregon · United States
Bandon Beach sea stacks rising
Spain
Barceloneta Beach Skyline
Alaska · United States
Bishop's Beach
Rhode Island · United States
Block Island Old Harbor
Texas · United States
Boca Chica Beach SpaceX launchpad on
Tennessee · United States
Cades Cove Loop
Oregon · United States
Cannon Beach village stretching
Oregon · United States
Cape Blanco Lighthouse on the basalt
Virginia · United States
Cape Charles Beach in
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Cape cormorants drying their
Delaware · United States
Cape Henlopen
Delaware · United States
Cape Henlopen
Oregon · United States
Cape Lookout headland projecting two miles
New Jersey · United States
Cape May Sunset Beach
Oregon · United States
Cape Meares Lighthouse on the basalt cliff
Arizona · United States
Cape Royal Grand Canyon North Rim
New York · United States
Cape Vincent
New York · United States
Captree State Park on Jones Beach Island
Spain
Cartagena Roman Theatre Harbor
Spain
Castro Urdiales Harbor Church
Greece
Chania Venetian Harbor
Vermont · United States
Charlotte Town Beach on Lake Champlain
Spain
Cies Islands Beach Turquoise
Colorado · United States
Cliff House Manitou Front Range
Tennessee · United States
Cliff Top on Mount Le Conte
Virginia · United States
Cold Harbor Battlefield in
New York · United States
Cold Spring Harbor whaling
New York · United States
Coopers Beach
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Dillingham harbor on the Nushagak in
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Dutch Harbor on Unalaska Island
Michigan · United States
Eagle Harbor Lighthouse on the rocky
New York · United States
East Hampton Main Beach on Long
Utah · United States
East Zion White Cliffs
Greece
Falassarna Beach
Virginia · United States
False Cape State Park
New Mexico · United States
Gila Cliff Dwellings
Arizona · United States
Grand Canyon North Rim Cape Final
Mississippi · United States
Gulfport Beach along Highway
Alaska · United States
Halibut Cove
Greece
Heraklion Venetian Harbor
Connecticut · United States
Higganum Cove and Selden
Arizona · United States
Honanki cliff dwelling Sedona
Western Cape · South Africa
Hout Bay fishing harbour
Greece
Kassandra Coast
Alaska · United States
Kodiak harbor
Montana · United States
Lake McDonald's south shore
Minnesota · United States
Leech Lake pine-shore
Greece
Limeni Harbor
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Limnos Volcanic Coast
Arizona · United States
Lone Rock Beach Lake Powell
Alaska · United States
Lowell Point beach near Seward
Rhode Island · United States
Mackerel Cove on Conanicut
Spain
Mahon Harbor Old Town
Minnesota · United States
Maiden Rock cliff
in Florida
McKee Botanical Garden Vero Beach
Spain
Monfrague National Park Cliffs Vultures
Spain
Montjuic Castle Overlooking the Harbor
Michigan · United States
Munising harbor on a Lake Superior bay
Greece
Myrtos Beach
Greece
Naoussa Harbor
Oregon · United States
Natural Bridges Cove on the Samuel
Greece
Navagio Shipwreck Beach
in Florida
Navarre Beach
Michigan · United States
New Buffalo Beach
Rhode Island · United States
Newport Harbor
Michigan · United States
Northport harbor
Connecticut · United States
Ocean Beach Park
New York · United States
Orient Beach State Park on the
Minnesota · United States
Palisade Head red-rhyolite cliffs
Minnesota · United States
Park Point Beach on Lake Superior
Minnesota · United States
Pipestone red rock cliff
Florida · United States
Playalinda Beach Canaveral National
Alaska · United States
Punchbowl Cove
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Pythagoreion Harbor
Wyoming · United States
Register Cliff near Guernsey
New York · United States
Robert Moses State Park Beach on
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Sackets Harbor Battlefield on
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Sag Harbor whaling village on Long
Nevada · United States
Sand Harbor turquoise cove on Lake Tahoe
Oregon · United States
Secret Beach on the Samuel Boardman
New York · United States
Snug Harbor Cultural Center
Greece
Symi Harbor
Virginia · United States
Tangier Island Harbor in
Spain
Tarifa Beach Strait of Gibraltar
Minnesota · United States
Tettegouche Shovel Point cliffs
Maryland · United States
the Baltimore Inner Harbor
Alaska · United States
the Bartlett Cove rainforest trail in
New Jersey · United States
the Beach Haven boardwalk
Maryland · United States
the Beach to Bay Indian Head
Delaware · United States
the Bethany Beach boardwalk
Michigan · United States
the Black Rocks basalt cliffs meeting
Tennessee · United States
the Cades Cove Methodist Church
Tennessee · United States
the Cades Cove Primitive
Virginia · United States
the Cape Charles Historic
Delaware · United States
the Cape Henlopen Lighthouse
Delaware · United States
the Cape Henlopen State Park dunes
Oregon · United States
the Cape Kiwanda sandstone headland eroding
New Jersey · United States
the Cape May hawk watch
New Jersey · United States
the Cape May Lewes
New Jersey · United States
the Cape May Lighthouse
New Jersey · United States
the Cape May ocean horizon
New Jersey · United States
the Cape May Victorian
New Jersey · United States
the Cape May Washington
Michigan · United States
the Charlevoix harbor between
Oregon · United States
the Cleetwood Cove Trail
Rhode Island · United States
the Cliff Walk
Rhode Island · United States
the Cliff Walk Forty
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the Cliff Walk south
Connecticut · United States
the Coast Guard Academy
Virginia · United States
the Eastern Shore Birding Trail
New Jersey · United States
the Englewood Cliffs
New York · United States
the Long Beach Boardwalk on the
New Jersey · United States
the Long Beach Island
Connecticut · United States
the Madison Hammonasset Beach
Michigan · United States
the Marquette Harbor Lighthouse on the
Virginia · United States
the New Cape Henry Lighthouse
Rhode Island · United States
the Newport Cliff Walk
Virginia · United States
the Old Cape Henry Lighthouse
Virginia · United States
the Old Cape Henry Lighthouse
Oregon · United States
the Painted Cove Trail winding among
Alaska · United States
the Polychrome cliff
Delaware · United States
the Rehoboth Beach boardwalk
New Jersey · United States
the Sandy Hook bay shore
Alaska · United States
the Seward small boat harbor
Delaware · United States
the Slaughter Beach horseshoe
Nevada · United States
the Sutcliffe harbor on Pyramid Lake
Oregon · United States
the Three Capes Scenic Loop view of Cape
Virginia · United States
the Virginia Beach Boardwalk
Virginia · United States
Tinker Cliffs on the
Arizona · United States
Tonto Upper Cliff Dwelling Tonto Natural Bridge
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Tsambika Beach
Virginia · United States
Twenty Minute Cliff Overlook on the
Utah · United States
Upper Emerald Pool cliff
Arizona · United States
Vermilion Cliffs
Arizona · United States
Vermilion Cliffs Scenic Byway
Indiana · United States
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