How to Use national seashore in a Sentence

national seashore

noun
  • This summer, plan a vacation to one of the national seashores.
    — Food Drink Life, Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2024
  • Beach camping is available on the Maryland side of this national seashore.
    — Food Drink Life, Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2024
  • More than 5,000 dairy and beef cattle occupy about a third of the national seashore.
    — Matthew Polvorosa Kline, National Geographic, 30 Sep. 2020
  • Home to a Maryland state park and a national seashore, this Atlantic island has plenty of wide-open space to hunt for shells.
    — Larry Bleiberg, USA TODAY, 22 May 2021
  • Though no one was injured, debris from the two homes is now scattered up and down the national seashore and will likely require an extensive cleanup process.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 May 2022
  • With less commercialism, national seashores can also offer an escape from crowds.
    — Food Drink Life, Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2024
  • The national seashore installed call boxes on six beaches to cover cellular service gaps.
    — New York Times, 20 Oct. 2021
  • However, experts say tourists lounging on beach towels on the national seashore are not likely to be bitten while wiggling their toes in the sand.
    — Mark Price, charlotteobserver, 13 May 2018
  • If approved, the proposal will turn this national seashore into a national disgrace.
    — Yvon Chouinard, Outside Online, 13 May 2021
  • Assateague's spectacular national seashore is best explored by kayak.
    — Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 26 June 2026
  • As the World Cup tourists arrive, the national seashore is educating them about how to stay safe at local beaches.
    — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 9 June 2026
  • The sprawling Cape Hatteras and Cape Lookout national seashores account for nearly half of all nests.
    — Bruce Henderson, charlotteobserver, 27 Oct. 2017
  • The Lead Recreation Assistant will keep an eye out for trouble in the seas while posting up in the sand at one of the national seashore’s six beaches.
    — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 21 Feb. 2023
  • With his advice in mind, read on to discover the best national parks — plus a national seashore and a couple of national historical parks — to visit in the fall.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2024
  • Park service officials say the new plan, if adopted, will enable them to more effectively manage the ranch lands for the benefit of all the national seashore’s uses.
    — Susanne Rust Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2021
  • Located off the coast of Georgia, the 17-mile-long barrier island is part national seashore, part salt marsh, and part maritime forest.
    — Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 1 July 2026
  • The same could not be said for of the other animals; many horses were discovered dead on the beaches of the national seashore after Dorian’s passing.
    — Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 14 Nov. 2019
  • Why this is such an intensely personal issue here has a lot to do with the fact that the state is home to two national seashores and more than 300 miles of barrier island beaches.
    — Mark Price, charlotteobserver, 6 Apr. 2018
  • Today, nearly a half-century into its existence, the national seashore is at an existential crossroads.
    — Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The flag is bright yellow with an outline of a turtle in black and is flown on days when Kemp’s ridley sea turtle eggs are found according to a Facebook post by the national seashore.
    — Malak Silmi, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Apr. 2022
  • The unincorporated village, which is part of the national seashore, has some of the highest erosion rates along the entire North Carolina coast.
    — Gareth McGrath, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2023
  • In honor of the first Kemp's ridley turtle nests found at the national seashore last month, the park raised its turtle flag, also known as the arribada flag, which will fly for the remainder of the season.
    — Ariana Garcia, Chron, 3 May 2023
  • During the nesting season, biological technicians and volunteers patrol the national seashore in search of turtles laying their eggs.
    — Ariana Garcia, Chron, 3 May 2023
  • Shorelines change rapidly along the 75 miles of beach included within the national seashore, the park service wrote in a report to Congress in late 2024.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Cape Hatteras, which is located on the southern end of the Outer Banks, became the nation’s first national seashore in 1937.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Eleven homes have collapsed within the national seashore in Rodanthe since May 2020, according to the national seashore.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The report, which was commissioned by an environmental group and is disputed by the ranching industry, is the latest flareup in a decades-long debate over the ranching that occupies more than one-third of the national seashore.
    — Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Nov. 2022
  • When the national seashore was designated, in 1962, some ranchers who owned land sold it to the National Park Service, and it was returned to nature.
    — Matthew Polvorosa Kline, National Geographic, 30 Sep. 2020
  • There are 424 units within the the National Park Service, ranging from national battlefields to national seashores.
    — Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Nonetheless, David Evans, a fourth-generation rancher at Point Reyes, says the national seashore stands as an example of how people, livestock, and wildlife can coexist.
    — Matthew Polvorosa Kline, National Geographic, 30 Sep. 2020

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