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Number of BEACH Act Beaches Reported     County Total Count Monitored Count Not Monitored Count Tier 4 (B)* Beach Length (Mi) Aleutians East 9 0 0 9 3.01 Aleutians West 17 0 0 17 23.45 Anchorage 2 0 0 2 2.81 Bethel 3 0 0 3 34 Bristol Bay 2 0 0 2 9.06 Dillingham 6 0 0 6 23.5 Haines 5 0 0 5 9.54 Hoonah-Angoon 4 0 0 4 1.96 Juneau 22 0 0 22 7.35 Kenai Peninsula 15 0 0 15 30.59 Ketchikan Gateway 34 0 0 34 8.62 Kodiak Island 23 4 0 19 10.66 Lake and Peninsula 7 0 0 7 56.07 Nome 11 0 0 11 59.88 North Slope 1 0 0 1 3 Northwest Arctic 2 0 0 2 17 Petersburg 3 0 0 3 .54 Prince of Wales-Hyder 4 0 0 4 .71 Sitka 11 0 0 11 2.79 Skagway 8 5 0 3 1.89 Valdez-Cordova 11 0 0 11 3.8 Wrangell 8 0 0 8 6.26 Only coastal beaches are included on these lists. For more information contact:     Contact Name Contact Email Contact Phone Agency Name     Agency URL    Laura Eldred laura.eldred@alaska.gov 907-376-1855 Department of Environmental Conservation Website

List of Beaches     Go Actions Report Settings State CodeControl Break: State CodeEdit Control BreakRemove Control Break CountyControl Break: CountyEdit Control BreakRemove Control Break 2State Code, County State Code: AK, County: Aleutians East Beach Name Monitored Not Monitored Tier Rank Comments Beach Length (Mi) Airport Beach (North End) - Yes 4 - .15 Inside Reef - Yes 4 - .27 Nora's Point - Yes 4 - .08 Outside Strait Reef - Yes 4 - .23 Pirate's Cove - Yes 4 - .15 Red Cove - Yes 4 - 1 Salmon Ranch Beach - Yes 4 - .28 Sandollar Beach - Yes 4 - .38 Sandy Beach (Unga Island) - Yes 4 - .47 Count: 9 Count: 0 Count: 9 State Code: AK, County: Aleutians West Beach Name Monitored Not Monitored Tier Rank Comments Beach Length (Mi) Agamigik Bay - Yes 4 - .64 Bayview - Yes 4 - .97 Broad Bay - Yes 4 - .8 Broad Bay Falls - Yes 4 - .11 Gorbatch Beach - Yes 4 - .25 Humpy Cove - Yes 4 - .4 Little South America (East) - Yes 4 - .59 Little South America (West) - Yes 4 - .44 Lukanin Beach - Yes 4 - 2.1 Morris Cove - Yes 4 - 1.31 Nateekin Bay - Yes 4 - 1.7 North Beach East - Yes 4 - 4.5 North Beach West - Yes 4 - 7 Peace of Mind Cabin - Yes 4 - .57 Salt Lagoon Beach - Yes 4 - .25 Summer Bay - Yes 4 - .83 Ugadaga Bay - Yes 4 - 1 Count: 17 Count: 0 Count: 17 State Code: AK, County: Anchorage Beach Name Monitored Not Monitored Tier Rank Comments Beach Length (Mi) Anchorage - Pt Woronzof - Yes 4 - .71 Tony Knowles Coastal Trail - Yes 4 - 2.1 Count: 2 Count: 0 Count: 2 State Code: AK, County: Bethel Beach Name Monitored Not Monitored Tier Rank Comments Beach Length (Mi) Eek Front - Yes 4 - 22 Kwinhagak to Arolik - Yes 4 - 5 Kwinhagak to Oyak - Yes 4 - 7 Count: 3 Count: 0 Count: 3 State Code: AK, County: Bristol Bay Beach Name Monitored Not Monitored Tier Rank Comments Beach Length (Mi) Bristol Bay - King Salmon Beach - Yes 4 - 8.57 Bristol Bay - Naknek River - Yes 4 - .49 Count: 2 Count: 0 Count: 2 State Code: AK, County: Dillingham Beach Name Monitored Not Monitored Tier Rank Comments Beach Length (Mi) Clark's Point Beach - Yes 4 - 2 Dillingham - Kanakanak Beach - Yes 4 - .71 Dillingham - Scandinavian Beach - Yes 4 - .31 Dillingham - Snag Point Beach - Yes 4 - .48 Manokotak - Yes 4 - 17 Togiak Coastal Area - Yes 4 - 3 Count: 6 Count: 0 Count: 6 State Code: AK, County: Haines Beach Name Monitored Not Monitored Tier Rank Comments Beach Length (Mi) Battery Point - Yes 4 - 1.5 Chilkat River Beaches - Yes 4 - 2 Chilkat State Park - Yes 4 - 3 Haines - Lutak Inlet Beach - Yes 4 - 2.26 Haines - Portage Cove Beach - Yes 4 - .78 Count: 5 Count: 0 Count: 5 State Code: AK, County: Hoonah-Angoon Beach Name Monitored Not Monitored Tier Rank Comments Beach Length (Mi) Cannery Point - Yes 4 - .23 Garteeni Inlet to Tidal Flats - Yes 4 - .95 Hoonah - Gartina Harbor Way Beach - Yes 4 - .43 Hoonah - Inner Point Sophia Beach Yes - 4 - .36 Count: 4 Count: 1 Count: 3 State Code: AK, County: Juneau Beach Name Monitored Not Monitored Tier Rank Comments Beach Length (Mi) Amalga Harbor - Yes 4 - .19 Boy Scout Beach - Yes 4 - 1 CBJ Pt. Bridget Natural Area Park - Yes 4 - .13 Douglas Harbor/Boat Ramp - Yes 4 - .13 Dupont/Point Bishop - Yes 4 - .1 Eagle Beach - Yes 4 - .19 Echo Cove - Yes 4 - .28 Haines - Letnikof Cove Beach - Yes 4 - .32 Juneau - Ann Coleman Road Beach - Yes 4 - .1 Juneau - Auke Recreation Area Beach - Yes 4 - .95 Juneau - Harris and Aurora Harbors - Yes 4 - .49 Juneau - Lena Cove Beach - Yes 4 - 1.16 Juneau - Sandy Beach - Yes 4 - .21 Mendenhall Wetlands State Game Refuge - Yes 4 - .19 North Douglas Boat Ramp - Yes 4 - .28 Outer Point Beach Trail - Yes 4 - .13 Pt. Bridget State Park - Yes 4 - .66 Sheep Creek - Yes 4 - .28 Shrine of St. Therese - Yes 4 - .11 Smuggler's Cove (Juneau) - Yes 4 - .3 Sunshine Cove/Yankee Cove - Yes 4 - .04 Tee Harbor - Yes 4 - .1 Count: 22 Count: 0 Count: 22 State Code: AK, County: Kenai Peninsula Beach Name Monitored Not Monitored Tier Rank Comments Beach Length (Mi) Bishop's Beach - Yes 4 - 1.17 Bluff Point to Anchor Point - Yes 4 - 12 English Bay - Yes 4 - 1 Kachemak Drive - Yes 4 - 3 Kenai Peninsula - Anchor Point - Yes 4 - 1.27 Kenai Peninsula - Kasilof River Beach Ref 2 - Yes 4 - .1 Kenai Peninsula - Kenai River Gull Rookery 1 - Yes 4 - .12 Kenai Peninsula - Kenai River Gull Rookery 2 - Yes 4 - .31 Kenai Peninsula - Mariner Park Beach - Yes 4 - 4.83 Kenai Peninsula - North Kasilof Beach - Yes 4 - 1.42 Kenai Peninsula - North Kenai Beach - Yes 4 - .59 Kenai Peninsula - South Kasilof River Beach - Yes 4 - .27 Kenai Peninsula - South Kenai Beach - Yes 4 - .35 Kenai Peninsula - Whisky Gulch Beach - Yes 4 - 4.13 The Outside Beach or The Back Beach - Yes 4 - .03 Count: 15 Count: 0 Count: 15 State Code: AK, County: Ketchikan Gateway Beach Name Monitored Not Monitored Tier Rank Comments Beach Length (Mi) Betton Island Marine Park (Proposed) - Yes 4 - .76 Black Sands Beach - Yes 4 - .1 Blank Inlet - Yes 4 - .13 Coast Guard Beach - Yes 4 - .36 Dall Bay Marine Park (Proposed) - Yes 4 - .32 Gem Cove - Yes 4 - .1 George Inlet Cannery - Yes 4 - .08 Grant Cove - Yes 4 - .34 Grant Island Beach - Yes 4 - .47 Grindall Island Beach - Yes 4 - .32 Ketchikan - Beacon Hill - Yes 4 - .07 Ketchikan - Herring Cove - Yes 4 - .14 Ketchikan - Knudson Cove - Yes 4 - .18 Ketchikan - Mtn Pt Cultural Food - Yes 4 - .21 Ketchikan - MtnPt Surprise Beach - Yes 4 - .14 Ketchikan - Refuge Cove Beach - Yes 4 - .39 Ketchikan - Rotary Beach - Yes 4 - .19 Ketchikan - Rotary Pool - Yes 4 - .14 Ketchikan - SP Higgins Beach - Yes 4 - .48 Ketchikan - Seaport Beach - Yes 4 - .26 Ketchikan - Shull Beach - Yes 4 - .22 Ketchikan - Sunset Beach - Yes 4 - .3 Ketchikan - Thomas Basin - Yes 4 - .48 Leask Cove - Yes 4 - .76 Mahoney Inlet - Yes 4 - .19 Moser Bay - Yes 4 - .06 Salt Lagoon Creek - Yes 4 - .13 Settlers Cove - Yes 4 - .12 Swan Lake Dock - Yes 4 - .13 Sweat Lodge Beach - Yes 4 - .06 Totem Bight State Park - Yes 4 - .06 Tsa Cove - Yes 4 - .1 Vallenar Bay - Yes 4 - .51 White River Estuary - Yes 4 - .34 Count: 34 Count: 0 Count: 34 State Code: AK, County: Kodiak Island Beach Name Monitored Not Monitored Tier Rank Comments Beach Length (Mi) Bear Paw Beach - Yes 4 - .57 Cliff Point Beach - Yes 4 - .34 Holiday Beach - Yes 4 - .19 Kalsin Bay Beach - Yes 4 - 1 Kodiak - Buskin Beach Yes - 1 - .38 Kodiak - Frye Point Beach Yes - 1 - .33 Kodiak - Lighthouse Beach Yes - 1 - 1.03 Kodiak - Mission Beach Yes - 1 - .42 Lake Gertrude Beach - Yes 4 - .11 Mayflower Beach - Yes 4 - .06 Mill Bay Beach - Yes 4 - .19 Monashka Beach (White Sands) - Yes 4 - .17 Myrtle Creek Beach - Yes 4 - .19 Narrow Cape/Sacramento River Beach - Yes 4 - 4 Near Island Northend Beach - Yes 4 - .05 Pasagshak Beach - Yes 4 - .23 Piller Creek Beach - Yes 4 - .11 Ramsite Beach - Yes 4 - .23 Rosalyn Beach - Yes 4 - .78 Sandy Beach (Kodiak Island) - Yes 4 - .11 Silver Beach - Yes 4 - .06 Spruce Cape Beach - Yes 4 - .05 Thumbs Up Cove - Yes 4 - .08 Count: 23 Count: 4 Count: 19 State Code: AK, County: Lake and Peninsula Beach Name Monitored Not Monitored Tier Rank Comments Beach Length (Mi) Dago Creek to Egegik - Yes 4 - 20 Front of Old Village to Stroganoff Point - Yes 4 - 8.5 Knutson Bay Beach - Yes 4 - .34 Kvichak Bay - Yes 4 - 23 Ocean Beach - Yes 4 - 1 Pedro Bay Beach - Yes 4 - .23 South Spit to Cinder River - Yes 4 - 3 Count: 7 Count: 0 Count: 7 State Code: AK, County: Nome Beach Name Monitored Not Monitored Tier Rank Comments Beach Length (Mi) Cape Denbeibh - Yes 4 - 3 Koyuk Beach - Yes 4 - 1 Lopp Lagoon - Yes 4 - 11 Nome - West Beach - Yes 4 - .03 Shaktoolik Beach - Yes 4 - 12 St. Michael - Yes 4 - .85 Tin City to Cape York - Yes 4 - 12.5 Wales to Sinvorok - Yes 4 - 3.5 Wales to Tin City - Yes 4 - 5 West Beach - Yes 4 - 1 White Mountain Beach - Yes 4 - 10 Count: 11 Count: 0 Count: 11 State Code: AK, County: North Slope Beach Name Monitored Not Monitored Tier Rank Comments Beach Length (Mi) Nuiqsut - Yes 4 - 3 Count: 1 Count: 0 Count: 1 State Code: AK, County: Northwest Arctic Beach Name Monitored Not Monitored Tier Rank Comments Beach Length (Mi) Beach (Kotzebue) - Yes 4 - 9 Kivalina Beach - Yes 4 - 8 Count: 2 Count: 0 Count: 2 State Code: AK, County: Petersburg Beach Name Monitored Not Monitored Tier Rank Comments Beach Length (Mi) Duncan Slough Beach - Yes 4 - .11 Petersburg - Sandy Beach Park - Yes 4 - .14 Wood Pecker Cove - Yes 4 - .28 Count: 3 Count: 0 Count: 3 State Code: AK, County: Prince of Wales-Hyder Beach Name Monitored Not Monitored Tier Rank Comments Beach Length (Mi) Beach in Front of Kake - Yes 4 - .32 Long Beach (Kake) - Yes 4 - .25 Roadside Beach - Yes 4 - .06 Sandy Beach (Prince of Wales Island) - Yes 4 - .09 Count: 4 Count: 0 Count: 4 State Code: AK, County: Sitka Beach Name Monitored Not Monitored Tier Rank Comments Beach Length (Mi) Chaichei Island - Yes 4 - .15 Crow Island Beach - Yes 4 - .11 Fred's Creek - Yes 4 - .27 Goddard Hot Springs - Yes 4 - .08 Halibut Point Recreation Area - Yes 4 - .49 John Brown's Beach - Yes 4 - .05 Pirate's Cove (near Sitka) - Yes 4 - .19 Port Krestof - Yes 4 - .32 Sandy Beach (Sitka) - Yes 4 - .38 Starrgarin - Yes 4 - .38 Three Entrance Bay - Yes 4 - .38 Count: 11 Count: 0 Count: 11 State Code: AK, County: Skagway Beach Name Monitored Not Monitored Tier Rank Comments Beach Length (Mi) Dyea Flats - Yes 4 - 1 Skagway - Airport Beach Yes - 1 - .31 Skagway - Nahku Bay Beach Yes - 1 - .12 Skagway - Small Boat Harbor Beach Yes - 1 - .11 Skagway - Smuggler's Cove Yes - 1 - .05 Skagway - Yakutania West Beach Yes - 1 - .04 Sturgill's Landing - Yes 4 - .09 Yakutania - Yes 4 - .17 Count: 8 Count: 5 Count: 3 State Code: AK, County: Valdez-Cordova Beach Name Monitored Not Monitored Tier Rank Comments Beach Length (Mi) 7-Mile Beach - Yes 4 - .34 Airstrip Beach - Yes 4 - .76 Dock Point (Harbor Cove) - Yes 4 - .19 Head of Passage Canal - Yes 4 - .85 Little Chutes (Bidarki Beach) - Yes 4 - .17 Long Beach - Yes 4 - .46 O'Brian Creek (Boat Harbor) - Yes 4 - .47 Shot Gun Cove - Yes 4 - .23 Shoup Bay - Yes 4 - .1 Smitty's Cove - Yes 4 - .09 W. Mineral Creek Beach - Yes 4 - .15 Count: 11 Count: 0 Count: 11 State Code: AK, County: Wrangell Beach Name Monitored Not Monitored Tier Rank Comments Beach Length (Mi) Earl West - Yes 4 - .04 Kings Mill Beach - Yes 4 - 1 Pats Landing - Yes 4 - .38 Shoemaker - Yes 4 - .28 South end of Rocky Pass - Yes 4 - 4 Turn Island Campground - Yes 4 - .28 Wrangell - City Park Beach - Yes 4 - .17 Wrangell - Petroglyph Beach - Yes 4 - .1 Count: 8 Count: 0 Count: 8 1 - 208 of 208 Column Actions Search     *CWA SEC. 406 ”(g) LIST OF WATERS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning not later than 18 months after the date of publication of performance criteria under subsection (a), based on information made available to the Administrator, the Administrator shall identify, and maintain a list of, discrete coastal recreation waters adjacent to beaches or similar points of access that are used by the public that— ‘‘(A) specifies any waters described in this paragraph that are subject to a monitoring and notification program consistent with the performance criteria established under subsection (a); and ‘‘(B) specifies any waters described in this paragraph for which there is no monitoring and notification program (including waters for which fiscal constraints will prevent the State or the Administrator from performing monitoring and notification consistent with the performance criteria established under subsection (a)).

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