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Again, only about a 15-minute drive from downtown, and I was immersed in nature, this time surrounded by lagoons, sandbars and inlets.

MacDonnell’s getaway was on a Delaware barrier island with a view of a small town across an inlet to the west.

From there, paddle out southward to the Turnagain Arm bore tide, an up to ten-foot wave that usually occurs twice daily, when the incoming ocean tide meets the outgoing water from the inlet.

Expect to spin up to 55 miles a day, cruising along rugged inlets, past award-winning vineyards, and into soaring alps.

I tested this kayak in the back of a new inlet cut by Hurricane Sandy through a barrier beach on Long Island’s South Shore.

Fraser River, False Creek, Burrard Inlet—all those regions around there are somewhat semi-enclosed.

In an inlet north of Pensacola Beach, his crew sighted more tar balls.

Four miles to the north of Smoky Cape is an inlet having a bar harbour, on which there is but eight feet water.

The western side of the inlet is occupied by a bank of clay, that dries at low water.

The harbour, formed by the estuary of the river and Yellow Mill Pond, an inlet, is excellent.

It, too, lay in a narrow valley between rugged mountains at the head of a deep inlet.

On the 7th, off New River Inlet, we discovered a small sail standing to the northward.

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On this page you'll find 39 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to inlet, such as: basin, estuary, fjord, bay, bayou, and bight.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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